Saying the days of corruption that flourished under Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo were over, President Aquino on Friday gave his word to international lenders that he would put to good use the money they would lend to the Philippines—and they could check this out later.

“You will continue to see results. You will continue to see a Philippines that is finally living up to its potential,” Mr. Aquino said in his speech that capped the annual meeting of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) board of governors.

“We are prepared to follow through on our commitments, and you are by all means welcome to see if we’re living up to our word,” he declared.

“Investors and Filipinos alike see what is happening: Here is a country determined to turn the corner by instituting genuine, wide-ranging, meaningful reform, and acting on its belief that good governance is the bedrock of equitable progress,” the President said.

“We have had six positive ratings actions since we took over government a little less than two years ago—a stark contrast to the single upgrade and six downgrades in the nine years of the previous administration,” he added.

He said the country’s stock market also experienced 27 all-time highs in his 22 months in office.

The President noted that the ADB’s official development assistance (ODA) to the Philippines amounts to $761.97 million.

This includes $643.85 million for projects concerning social protection and support, agrarian reform, rural infrastructure, better health care and irrigation in the southern Philippines.

“You have helped out in our public-private partnership program, in our efforts to reform the justice system, and our energy-efficient electric tricycle project. We are getting to where we want to be faster because of your assistance,” Mr. Aquino said.

He said the ADB meeting in Manila “reaffirms the newfound confidence the international community has exhibited towards my nation.”

Borrowed money misused

“For this, you have the gratitude of our people, and a commitment from my administration. Gone are the days when the funds you funnel to our country will end up like water leaking through a broken pail,” the President said.

Secretary Ricky Carandang, head of the Presidential Communications Development and Strategic Planning Office, said the $761.97 million ODA had been programmed for projects from 2011 to 2016.

“The President was referring in general to how borrowed money was misused in the past and not specifically to any loan program,” Carandang said.

Mr. Aquino spoke of how his administration, through good governance, had improved the government’s financial health and generated confidence from investors.

As in some of his previous speeches, he cited the difficulties his administration faced after the alleged excesses of the past Arroyo administration.

“(None) of us could have imagined how deeply eroded the foundations of government had become in the nine and a half years of my predecessor,” Mr. Aquino said.

“Rice, imported at inflated cost by the government, was rotting away in rented warehouses. Stewards of GOCCs (government-owned and -controlled corporations) advanced their interest at the expense of the people. Bidding for public works had been orchestrated to favor individuals, again, at the expense of the people,” he said.

Mr. Aquino said corruption “sapped the system of its vitality; public funds ceased to be used for the public good and found in private hands, whom we are now holding accountable.”

Mindless spending

He added: “One of our first moves was to institutionalize a zero-based budget approach, where expenditures are rationalized and are not mindlessly carried over to the next year, regardless of whether they worked or not.

“We went after tax evaders aggressively … We passed a law that put standards of governance in place so that (GOCCs) became more efficient and rational.”

Mr. Aquino said the government also showed the resolve that no public official, “regardless of his or her position, will be beyond the reach of justice and accountability.”

Tackling graft

The President said tackling the problem of graft had led to a more responsive government.

“As can be seen from our experience, weeding out corruption allows for a more fertile economic landscape: One that not only brings investors in, but also allows the real work of governance to impact the greater number of our people,” he said.

“Enforcing strict adherence to public bidding rules has allowed our Department of Public Works and Highways to save P6.14 billion from our 2011 budget. Now that the leaks have been plugged, we can go about our business knowing that our taxpayers’ hard-earned money indeed goes to projects that will benefit them,” he said.

He said the DPWH’s 403 projects had been completed, with the rest either ongoing or about to begin construction.

The same is true for the country’s cash dole program and health insurance for the poorest of the poor families, he said.

“Now we are confident that the more than three million households in our conditional cash transfer program are actually the neediest families, and not merely the best-connected,” he added. “Now we know that we are actually sponsoring the 5.2 million poorest families through our PhilHealth program.”

The President said the country’s greatest resource had always been the people.

“It is with this principle in mind that we have allocated unprecedented sums to alleviate extreme poverty and are concentrating on providing more opportunities for employment,” he said.

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When Arroyo was in power, she controls the majority of both the upper and lower House. There was multiple impeachment complaint against her but all of it didn’t made it out of the Congress because of bicameral politics.

Lastly, hypocrisy can be the last thing on Noynoy’s mind. He is the sitting president and it’s his task to concur to the judicial power of the congress majority.

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its true- right to the bone. i saw this myself.

hosay

SINO NILOLOKO MO PNOY? NO WONDER YOU ARE A MONGOLOID AND NOYNOYING PRESIDENT

You got carried away again, Mr. President. It’s true that we no longer hear of corruption of the plunder and scandalous magnitudes like during the Arroyo Administration but corruption under your watch is far from over. Minimized may be but not yet vanished from the face of this country.

But we are happy to see that you are leading the fight against corruption by personal example. Kudos to you, Mr. President.

Karabukov

He’s made real progress but he knows corruption is not over, and he didn’t say it in his speech. The PDI headline writer just wanted to attract readers so he made his title wrong and stupidly controversial.

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VBRPJ2A7TQANYV5JA5YQTNWAZA Kyab Gon

I love Pnoy’s very positive statement because he’s talking about the FUTURE.
It could have been more appropriate to say “Corruption is ALMOST over” because of the still ongoing cleaning up and cleansing down to the simplest bureaucratic operations of other gov offices unbeknownst to him.

And while I don’t think the president has done a perfect job, I think he’s at least put the country on the right track, though at the same time it’ll be a while before his efforts bear fruit. Here’s hoping he accomplishes all his administration goals before the next elections. RH and FoI in particular.

Ask the people of Mindanao if Aquino has put them in the right track with their power crisis?

bahaykubo1015

Madilim eh….wrong or right track hindi nakikita!!!

ha ha ha ha ha

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_EXFI4EUGM23PQ4FMQKLVH36OXI Jose

As I’ve said, he’s not been perfect, and he’s made mistakes.

Why do you lot insist on seeing only the bad in people?

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A president who is willing to lie in front of the world saying that corruption is over in the Philippines is most likely have been corrupted himself. He should know that corruption runs in the blood of most filipinos and is deeply-rooted in our culture. It will take a long, long time to eradicate it.

Karabukov

He never said it. It’s the PDI headline writer who did. Read the speech.

Nic Legaspi

Corruption is over? Is that hearsay? Or did that come from some text message sent to one of the cabinet members?

This administration may be making progress in the elimination of corruption but it is FAR from over. Targeting enemies and pinpointing them as the sole source of corruption is only a small part of removing corruption from Filipino culture. Even the president’s supporters perceived to be corrupt should be investigated. A more strict system of auditing must be implemented. Transparency in all government expenses must be published for all to see. Loopholes in our laws must be patched to ensure no one can circumvent the law.

No one would ever claim that corruption is over in this country until the taxpayers see their money being channeled to infrastructure and social services for the public!

Karabukov

He never said it. It’s the PDI headline writer who did. Read the speech.

RickyCarandang

For the president to lie unabashedly infront of the world, he has to have the mind and soul of a corrupt individual.

Anyone with an ounce of decency would avoid making such horrible lies.

As mentioned in my old post 2.5 years ago, the next president who will replace GMA will lose his hair due to the enormous problems to be inherited, not visualizing that pnoy will take-over. True enough, kahit kalbo na si pnoy ng ma-upo, lalo siyang nakakalbo dahil sa dami ng problemang iniwan ni GMA. The severe damage, specially on the moral side of governance, may take forever to be rectified.

Kidding aside, hair or no hair, the first year of pnoy was a struggle because of the many tentacles of corruption to be cut before he can proceed; corruption that has pervaded the entire bureaucracy, led and abetted by gma herself during her 9 years of notoriety.

At this juncture, the road is still full of humps. Corona’s conviction is still hanging in the air. Corona, being the most important symbol of corruption left behind by GMA is being defended by cuevas, who presided the oath-taking of tolentino as an illegal president in his failed coup attempt during cory’s time. Being a former CJ did not give cuevas the license to install anyone as president without the people’s support. It also did not give cuevas the license to create an environment where an illegal and corrupt CJ can stay on due to technicalities.

Corruption in BOC and other agencies is still a pain in pnoy’s neck. Poverty is still very a visible sore that can be seen even if you’re in the moon. The PNP with its inept leaderships and kotong cops still needs overhaul. On a brighter side, BIR is ably led by KIM and the AFP is slowly regaining its reputation. Still, pnoy needs to exert huge efforts to succeed. There should be no let up. He may not totally succeed but his legacy can be used as the stepping stones for the next presidency to tread.

One shining and glaring ray in the horizon, which is giving the people hope is pnoy’s seriousness to be the exact opposite of gma, where transparency is the norm rather than obscurity during gma’s term. As he goes along, sometimes he fumbles, but his name has not been tainted and never been involved in any scandal similar to gma’s misadventures.

The cleansing processes are difficult and hazardous to one’s health. Pnoy needs the help of the people. However, the GMA and corona supporters are not invited to help for they lack the sense and sensibility to know what is right and what is wrong.

In our humble way, we will continue to fight equally with the sharpest pen possible all the Professional Character Assassins operating inside PDI.

cogito728sum

Very well expressed, a reflection of a prudent mind and a responsible citizen. Why can’t every commentary be as sensible as this one and make reading more enjoyable rather than the repulsive one liner of inanities, trivialities, and vulgarities? Why can’t we shift our source of personal gratification in a post like this rather than merely casting aspersions on other bloggers and blaming our leaders for the ills of society as if we are not part of that society?

Abnoy? Educated and persons of authority don’t find the President as inadequate. He is a good communicator both in English and in Pilipno. World leaders find hin credible, nobody has disrespected him yet except Filipinos like you and it is pathetic.

Two years into his presidency, the numbers of poor have risen instead of declining. If you judge him by this result, this makes him either a liar or a hypocrite.

RobertoMagtuytoy

You sounds like a freak, hopeless CRABBY creature platyer2. Where did you get those numbers? DID you know that your kind is the only reason why the NATION has difficulty moving forward? Its you and your CRAB mentality pulling us down, just because you lost the last election?

If you love your country and its poor people, why not contribute something positive.

Honestly, we have the same point of view. Nabasa ko lang ang comment mo after I have replied.

scorpio22

I’m merely stating a fact and you think I’m a freak? Here’s a simple fact that even you can’t deny. If you actually think that the numbers of poor people in the Philippines have declined, then there’s no reason to increase the budget for Dinky’s Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT). In short, more money, more needy or poor people!

Your admiration for Aquino has made you delusional.

RobertoMagtuytoy

Your facts about the numbers is because poor people have the tendency to multiply faster than the middle class as they have the more number of children.

I do not admire Presidents, I support them. As I believe in unity and not to divide. For your information, I voted for GIBO.

A country’s yardstick of a sound Economy is its Stock Market activity. Why don’t you do a little research on how well the stocks had broken its highs in the last 2 years since Aquino took over?

scorpio22

The stock market is not the indicator of the economy. It is the Gross Domestic Product. People who put money in the stock market are usually middle class and upper middle class investors. They do not create jobs or open up factories to employ people.

If Aquino wants to take credit for the stock market then he should also take the blame for the rising unemployment and the increases on the costs of the basic necessities as both are happening under his watch.

RobertoMagtuytoy

well platyer2, ignorance is something I can’t argue with.

oracle888

Are you sure corruptions are over? Or the corruptors were replaced by a group of new faces but old politicians?

Kaya patuloy at paulit-ulit ang corruption sa Pnas it’s because on all the monumental plunder cases, walang pa rin naipakulong ! Yung mga trapo will continue to do it under the nose of a clueless leader because aside from a damaged balimbing culture like ours, the deterrence (punishment) to stop it seems to not exist !

As I had posted earlier on, there is no magic pill that would turn our economy around overnight. Some argue that it has been two years since the president declared “kung walang corrupt, walang mahirap” and yet the Philippines is still in the doldrums. It does not take a genius to realized that 6 years of presidency is not enough to turn around an economy or to turn around an international perception of mismanaged, corrupted, third world slum into a first world economic powerhouse.

What needs to be done is to have a solid framework of continued good governance whereby the next president would continue whatever economic programs he put in place and build upon that. Ang nangyayari kasi, every 6 years, bumabalik tayo sa umpisa.

I agree that corruption is not over but has been minimized. And I hope it stays that way so that we can see a bright future ahead of us.

taga_labas

What?! No corruption?! M. Pnoy, someone is feeding you with rubbish info. Trace the pork barrels to phony projects in the countrysides, especially those towns where a river flows. Year after year “projects” are put up along those rivers only to be washed out the following rainy season. Isan ehemplo lang po yan pero, I pray with you in your vision stamping out corruption in the motherland.

In more than 2 years into his presidency, not known to be a ‘khawathan’ like his predecessor, he has effected a moratorium in looting of the public treasury. This compared to GMA 4th day in Malacanan after wresting power from ERAP, already inked a deal with IMPSA with a reported $14 million kickback $2 million of which was given to her former DOJ bruchador secretary Perez? Yes indeed ADB, while stealing public funds may have been controlled, there will be a national election in 2016 and only heaven know if the country, headed by a new president, will revert to it’s old ways of raiding every cash registers in the country perfected by the Arrovo conjugal thieves.

TGM_ERICK

That IMPSA deal was that one disapproved by Erap. The oligarchs /landlords lead by Cory and P-noy as do nothing congressman ousted ERAP and , didn’t care then just as long as they could use GMA to protect HL but Hello Garci changed all that evil plan.

hatecorrupt

corruption still exist pero nababawasan . it will take time solve this problem. but at least the president is determined to fight graft and corruption. kung kaya ng israel, hongkong, singapore, taiwan, korea and many more kaya din ng mga filipino. example: former U.S. MAJORITY FLOOR LEADER AND SPEAKER TOM DELAY OFTEXAS WAS CONVICTED OF CAMPAIGN FUNDS…AND BRIBERY ( 3 YEARS KALABOSO PLUS 10 YEARS PROBATION ). DURING THE BUSH TIME ( the son ) HE WAS THE THE 4TH MOST POWERFUL PERSON IN THE U.S. ANOTHER TEXAN, DAN MORALES also covicted of campaign funds…and bribery ( 8 years kalaboso ). he ran for the U.S. SENATE, AND FOR TEXAS GOVERNOR but unsuccessful. also the former district attorney of HARRIS COUNTY (HOUSTON ) , ATTY EVERSOLE CONVICTED OF BRIBERY ( 5 years kalaboso )…..WOW GANON SILA WHEN IT COMES TO THEIR LAWS….SINUSUNOD NILA AT WALANG PALIGOY LIGOY. NOBODY IS ABOVE THE LAW. ANOTHER GOOD EXAMPLE: PRESIDENT OBAMA’S INCOME TAX RETURN FOR 2011 WAS PUBLISHED IN THE U.S. NATIONAL MEDIA. IT SHOWS EVERY SINGLE DOLLAR HE EARNED AND EVERY SINGLE DOLLAR HE PAID FOR TAX. ALSO SHOWN THE AMOUNT OF REFUNDS HE GOT….I MYSLEF RED IT FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. AMAZING, HOW TRASPARENT!!!!!!!!….KUNG KAYA NILA KAYA DING GAWIN NG MGA PINOYS. FIGHT GRAFT AND CORRUPTON. GOD HELP JUAN AND JUANA DELA CRUZES.

wow! more power to the arroyos and the estradas and many more…sinong bobo?

hatecorrupt

economy problem plus graft and corruption will not solve in just 1 year, 2, years, 4 years and even 5 years. it will take time and it would continiously watch. taiwan, korea and singapore took decades bago nila na attained kinalalagyan nila ngayon….but at least the president is serious in fighting graft and corruptin…

It’s the PDI headline writer who made the controversial title. Pnoy never said it. Read the speech.

bahaykubo1015

HAY HERE HE IS? NAGYAYABANG NA NAMAN!!!!

Two years into his administration he still keeps on singing the same old song of blaming Gloria. PARANG SIRANG PLAKA

Cmon AbNoy in two years of governance, jobs had become more scarce and more people consider themselves poor, you have nothing to show but a tumbling economy (PREVIOUS ECONOMIC GROWTH RATE OF 7.3% TUMBLING DOWN TO 3.7%),high incidence of crime and human right abuses and a governance more on talk than performance.

Well can we start sending more people to jail? Like those perpetrators of the Cebu lamp post scam, DPWH car repair scam, including those officials who flunked the RIPS program in 2004-05. Let’s include a few smugglers, as well as those white collar criminals (like those who owe the govt 3 billion in Baguio, the John Hay Developers)

President Aquino is more trustworthy and credible compared to all his critics combined.

joerizal

The current situation reminds me of the fairy tale “Little Red Hen”. In case people haven’t read it, it’s about a Hen who worked hard to plant wheat and make bread out of it while the dog, cat and duck made fun of her along the way. In the end they wanted a piece of the bread and got nothing (of course). I think we should ask ourselves if during his presidency, PNoy was able to turn the country around, “WHAT DID WE DO TO HELP?”. Fence-sitters and naysayers can say all those mindless/stupid things they say about him now because of so-called freedom-of-speech…or moreso, because they hide behind the anonymity of their userids. It disgusts me that the President is in no way oppressing the people, and yet he’s the victim of insinuations and insults. It disgusts me that people are not helping and yet have the gall to negatively criticize his efforts. It disgusts me that people who are STUPID and ILLITERATE are the ones that flourish in this discussion forum. You DUCKS, DOGS and CATS (and PIGS) better change your ways before it’s too late.

RickyCarandang

Hindi naman pala CORRUPTION IS OVER.

Sinungaling pala itong presidente natin.

Beguine

Wonder how PNoy’s audience reacted?

Most probably with a sceptical smile and a shake of the head.

Fighting corruption isn’t easy, PNoy! You will have to really
put the corrupt politicians and ex-politicians and generals and
ex-generals all in jail and the Supreme Court justices and all
other evil justices in prison cells.

It will then be interesting if you can invite the same ADB officials
and bankers for a jail visit, and say, “Here they are, the government
funds’ looters, all in jail!”

That would be proof positive then. But not until then, PNoy!

Karabukov

The PDI headline writer should be sacked. Pnoy never said that corruption is over. Read the speech. You can google it.

binay, enrile and the vast majority of filipinos worldwide support PNoy vs corruption.

rocky92

It seems PNoy is right about corruption in the national level but I think there is still a lot that must be done to curb corruption in local governments. The mechanisms at the local level seems ineffective (paging COA). Everybody knows that the Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) in LGUs serve the interest of the local chief executive not that of the public.

romfagen

Mr. Pnoy, hindi po kailangan magsalita ng patapos. kasi hindi pa tapos.
Its a long way to go. Pass the FOI bill, it will help in the battle against the corrupt.

Corruption is definitely not over…their time is over. Read it again. The media is the one to blame for any confusion, not the president. It’s fairly common sense that the President will do his best to sell the country and its merits in order to gain needed investments. If you know of any ongoing corruptions in your area, it is your duty as a citizen to take action – not PNoy’s alone. You can scream to high heavens that corruption is still rampant in your town, but you have to ask yourself what you did to let this happen and what you are doing to get rid of it.
We do not live in a patriarchal/authoritarian government. Go back to your elementary studies and look up the meaning of democracy – govt for, of and by the people. If you do not believe this is the case, then move to another country like Burma.

GOPHILIPPINESGO

God bless you PNoy. Alam ng mga filipino hindi ka corrupt.

RickyCarandang

Mali ka.

Ang alam ng mga filipino, sinungaling si NoyNoy.

Alam din ng mga filipino na mga corrupt ang pinipili niyang advisers.

Kung hindi corrupt si NoyNoy, eh bakit mga corrupt ang pinipili niya?

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Until President Aquino pursues someone who he considers “one of us”, like Naguiat, with as much vigor as he pursues “the other lot” (which is understandable and expected), however difficult it might be for him, personally, then there would always be doubts on his motives for doing so …

kagaya ng mga sinasabi dito ng mga nag-cocomment.

But the moment he does … well… that should silence a lot of doubters and, just maybe, he might win a few more converts to a noble cause.

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-Corruption’s days are over ???? Maybe Gloria’s but how about the KKKabadingan?

-We went after tax evader’s ???? How about danding’s tax evasion?

-The President said the country’s greatest resource had always been the people.?

Yes for his instik clan: loansharks,hacienderos,human trafficers, cronies who exploited filipinos and enslaved them in their own country.

Anyone who can put up with the deceit and lies of Arroyo and her vile pig faced Corona can put up with Aquino. The whole world now knows and watches. Don’t shame the Nation with your charades and farcical diatribes.

http://profile.yahoo.com/WIJTABMISCFZJUSETCYLMDRC4I bimmer

Instead of BEG Uncle Sam to bless us with some of his military might, you guys would probably be better off begging our corrupt public servants (from the barangay captains to mayors to governors, to department heads, etc..), including our top military commanders to stop the constant thieving of people’s money. Nakakatawa, because these are the same people we see at church every Sunday. We could have been better off economically and militarily if not for the jokers of this country’s tendency to steal and suck the life out of it’s people.

i would agree that corruption is over if they could stop jueteng..it is with in their grasp but they do nothing..that’s my gauge..

OTapaim

I would not say that corruption has been eradicated in the Philippines. Corruption exists anwhere in the world (yes, even in the US, Germany, Singapore, Australia, UK, etc). Having said that, kudos to the Aquino government for walking the talk. The Philippines has a long way to go to institutionalize transparent and accountable governance, but this government is definitely a breath of fresh air with a squeaky clean record in terms of corruption (not even a rumor exists!). The optimism that abounds is precisely due to the efforts by the government to make doing business in the Philippines conducive for investors. My only worry is that with about 4 years to go, this government has to make sure that the reforms will be institutionalized such that we will not revert back to the old ways of crony capitalism.

Those who do not support the drive against corruption are traitors. The majority of our people don’t believe those who criticize PNoy because they are all tainted with corruption and selfish interests. Instead of going to the corrupt officials, the money saved will benefit the people. This may take time but as sure as the sun rises tomorrow, our people will soon realize the benefit from the anti-corruption campaign.

Erap and Binay represent the old corrupt politicians that the people should avoid voting for. Think of what is good for the country instead of voting those who try to get our sympathy but are really more concerned with their own interest.

KapitanBagwis

Erap and Binay are wolves in sheep’s clothing. Did anybody read the article about Lacson’s relationship with Erap? Lacson said Erap wanted Hueteng to flourish instead of killing it.

mekeni62

that was so brave really to lie infront of all these people. maybe Pnoy was just sharing his wild imagination. after asphalting the road from the airport to PICC and putting walls to cover the slums to hide them from their prying eyes he should be commended for the effort at least but to say that corruption has ended he is indeed hallucinating.

RickyCarandang

So you mean to say, sinungaling ang presidente?

mekeni62

very much indeed.

yesyesyo

Ramos also did all these during the APEC summit in manila. Nothing wrong with it.

kwaychow

So, yes, as assumed, the logic went full circle… nothing wrong to lie in front of APEC people. Bravo….

So guys let’s here this: the president did also lie, just like “Ramos” as mentioned here.

“Corruption is over” >>>> This proclamation alone is already corrupted made by a person who thinks there is an opportunity for tsupa-an due to the presence of too many uten.

“4P” >>>> Yes I see my neighbor happy and drunk every time he gets his abuloy. On normal days his 7 malnourished children eat only 1, at most twice a day. But it’s OK, Abnoy and his puppet mayor will have 2 loyal parent supporters on election times.

“Philhealth” >>>>> You can use this thing only when you are confined in a hospital. Of course you get discounts but only so too little which makes this program useless. Politicians also love to distribute this during election times to buy votes.

“providing opportunities for employment” >>>> like job as in blow job. when the LGU hires casual workers, most of them are relatives of government employees. Abnoy is talking about jobs in BPO because this is the only one available for newly graduates besides prostitution and KTV bars.

Bootlicking on someone for anything insignificant and mundane without rationalizing and analyzing what is really significant that has been done by this person (so far to directly affect the nation) is a sign of immaturity in logical thinking that most of our countrymen is doing. There you go.

kulittwit

PNoy critics can call him all kinds of names but this will not bring PNoy down.

You can not put an honest and incorruptible man down.

Go PNoy!!

beatmanny

kaya nga nagngangawa nung tinawag na noynoying eh.

yesyesyo

The Philippines is hosting for the first time after a decade the yearly ADB
board of governor’s meeting. The ADB avoided the Philippines as venue
for ten years under the corrupt arroyo regime.

The leadership of the incorruptible PNoy spelled the difference. Business confidence is on all-time high.This is what an honest government can do.

thadeothadeo

The ADB board does not decide where to hold their annual meeting on the basis of who is the sitting president of the host country. This is ignorance. You don’t know what you are talking about.

yesyesyo

The ADB board decided not to hold the conference in the philippines in all 10 years of arroyo.

thadeothadeo

You don’t know why they did that. They even decided to hold the meeting during Marcos time. And why? You don’t know that too. Praise PNoy if you want – but don’t assume nothing. This meeting is held here not because PNoy is popular. Put him where he belongs.

There is a rise of 11.2 million poor in 3 months this year despite a budget of 21 billion for cash doleouts to the poor. What does this mean?

Failure of the PNoy government on poverty alleviation, that’s what.

Your economic performance is good only in speeches written by propagandist Caranadang. You cannot hide the widespread poverty by putting up tarpaulin walls to cover them like that squatters area after the airport.

You are even claiming and boasting the gains that other presidents have laid the foundation for. The ADB meeting is not a venue for politics to brag about yourself at the expense of the past administrations.

Your anti corruption drive is just a deception, a distraction to hide your ineptness. There are more people getting hungrier and poorer now as SWS shows. Fact is, SWS makes poll surveys favorable to PNoy, but if SWS had been more objective, the 11.2 million figure would have been higher.

http://www.facebook.com/vnicavalencia Veronica Valencia

11.2 million poor is the result of corruption during Marcos, Ramos, Erap, Gloria’s presidency. Think of billions of dollars and pesos went to pocket of the few who were not prosecuted but are still kicking and alive enjoying the fullness of their loots.

P-Noy is only about three years in the presidency. He needs to weed out those corrupt practices so that good plants will thrive in fertile land, not bad seeds and eggs.

P-Noy era is only a transition period from worst to good. Widen your imagination, had we elected again ERAP, we would have midnight cabinets, proliferation of kaibigan, kumpare and kumare in the government then it is very possible that percentage of poverty will dramatically increase.

Cash conditional programs are successful in other Latin Americas countries. It is only CONDITIONAL (not permanent) to augment income of poor people so that their sons and daughters will have food and pasahi in going to school.

WE have to wait for more programs of the government which are pro poor in nature. The previous administrations failed to distribute equitably the resources to poor people because of CORRUPTION. Those previous administrations democratized “loots” among their friends, generals, and political allies.

11.2 million poor is correct figures. It is not the result of curbing corruption. It is the result of corruption during previous administrations.

thadeothadeo

And there is no corruption now. is that what you’re saying? I have researched and visited the websites about the success and failure of the CCT programs in the Philippines and in other countries. And believe me, we have the worst system, even in this administration. Space would not allow us to indulge further, so let’s content ourselves with the facts we can get from the internet.

And from personal experience and observation – the CCT funds are falling into the wrong hands. More than 50% of those people lining up at the DSWD and local gov’t branches are loan shark collectors authorized by beneficiaries. Look for yourself. That’s just one proof that the CCT system is being corrupted, and the DSWD is conniving with them.

http://www.facebook.com/vnicavalencia Veronica Valencia

Our President, the truly elected president by the Filipino people cannot do it alone to totally curb the tentacles of corruption. It will be a long and hard battle against those mighty ones.

He needs our helping hands whether we are rich or poor, bloggers or attention seekers, intelligent or not so intelligent, professionals or laborers or any other members of our society. We don’t need obstructionists to progress.

Progress, prosperity, and peace are in our hands if we will just follow the straight path.

Trust and confidence from our neighboring countries are beginning to grow. Let us take care of it.

Before, only those people who have no access to power can be prosecuted. Now even those people in high places and powered by legal maneuverings cannot evade the power of justice. The prosecutions of the mighty ones will give a strong signal to those who will dare to “cheat again our government and people.”

We will erase corruption in the vocabulary of Filipinos. Then, our children children will say, there was a time when corruption was beyond our imagination and was very part of our life, but because of our struggle and strong desire to eliminate it, we succeed, with the strong leadership of Noynoy Aquino.

victor1052

I won’t be so sure. Aquino’s no-more-corruption rhetoric is only good for foreign consumption. To prove corruption is still alive and well 2 years after his declared anti-corruption campaign, any foreigner, preferably a ADB official disguised as an ordinary person in need of having some official papers to process, can go through the usual gauntlet of corrupt government agencies like the immigration.

MR President, it would have been a sweet sound for every Filipino to hear when you said “Corruption over ” is true. My 1 cent advise to you is to please think first before you say something..or better yet,, changed your speech writer… I believed he does not understand reality from imaginary….. Don’t get me wrong Pnoy,, we are all for progress of our country and less corruption if not totally corrupt free government,”corruption over” HONESTLY?

2 years ni PNoy approve ng kongreso ang annual budget in 2011 and 2012. bawat sentimo naka budget. An approved national budget is the best prevention vs graft and corruption.

wawa2172

Noy I guess you are blinded by your bashing of GMA. She is not the only corrupt person in this nation. The plunderer is back on his feet and Erap could be the next mayor of Manila. Noy still have to clean up the corruption from top level to bottom is his admin. Check on the barangays and SK tiyak yon na malala pa rin ang corruption. Before Not speaks na patapos, his K is not doing what his preaching. The customs, the NMIS, the BAI, BuCor, LTO, Usec Puno, Dinky, even the DPWH whose repair projects of national highways appeared to be anomalous dahil madaling masira ang bagong repair na highways. Noy kung ito na ang malinis na gobyerno natin, I guess you are just praising yourself. The truth of the matter is the government is not clean yet and you are just bragging to the ADB executives. One lie you did was to cover all the roads and bridges to hide the reality that still most of our countrymen lives like a rot. Be honest Noy, you are corrupting the mind of the Filipino people that kaunti na lang ang nag hihirap sa Pinas. What you see is what you get and we don’t need to cover the slums and under the bridge families to escape from the truth. The more we cover the reality the more that we will suffer for not facing the truth.

kwaychow

Yup, not being negative about this news, but let’s just face the fact and have a reality check – corruption is not yet over. Just look into the far flung provinces and municipalities around the Philippines. Many of the officials there manning their areas are corrupt (and many of its people know that but are afraid to acknowledge it publicly out of fear). A lot of other foreigners know that even before you state that thing. And oh… Juan dela Cruz… yes Arroyo is corrupt too (and I hate her too) but let’s not just use her as a scapegoat here. Besides Arroyo, there are other corrupt officials before her and even today. Don’t be blinded (unless you are already blinded by false belief and adulation to the President).

It’s nice of course to yearn and hope that corruption will be eradicated from our country, but this is a long shot and arduous task. It’s easy to say it’s over when reality says its not. Please… do not state something which is not really true, yet. Other people know better about our situation. We don’t need to sugarcoat everything here in the Philippines and just sweep the dirt under the rug.

I am living now in SG, though so rich and well developed, is heavily corrupted (we know and even a lot of locals know this for a fact), and yet the results and appearance of the country speaks volumes of what this tiny country has achieved of which our country did not even after EDSA revolution. Oh, SG doesn’t even need their PM to trumpet that “corruption is over” in SG (I don’t think they’ll do that, their smarter than you think). They just cleaned up everything about SG, made their economy open to foreigners for good business, spruced up their facilities to world class standards and so forth. And these things contributed to the success of this tiny country.

I’m still hoping for a better future of our country… but sugarcoating issues like this is NOT a good work.

thadeothadeo

FYI, kwaychow, the Walang Corrupt…” ek-ek is an election gimmick. It was bought by the uninitiated during the elections, and PNoy thinks this will sell in the ADB governor’s meeting as well. Can’t you see how dumb he is?

Karabukov

Is SG Singapore? I’m surprised to hear you say that it’s “heavily corrupted”. I’ve always believed that it’s virtually corruption-free and is in fact known as the “least corrupt” country in the world. But I have no reason to disbelieve you and so I will have to revise my view of reality. Even so, l still believe that Lee Kuan Yew’s drive against corruption was one of the factors in Singapore’s economic success (Singapore even has a Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau, right?). But probably more contributory to its success is that the government has single-mindedly made the country the easiest place to do business in. World Bank ranks it number 1 in its “Ease of Doing Business” ranking among 183 economies in the world. The Philippines is mind-numbing 136th. Now that’s one thing (many things actually) P-Noy and his government has to look at and do something about.

This prez is to be admired and trusted with this country’s master-plan. At least given the courtesy of innocent until proven guilty. Given the past there is an ingrained apathy to trust any leaders motives. There are also the greedy many who will create dissent as their own avenues of corruption are closed.

Things seem to be changing for the positive. The poor are still poor and getting poorer but shortly that should change as waters above the leaky dam begin to rise as the holes are plugged.

Hopefully in 4 years we will look back and say that Pnoy really did make a difference.

then how come we are still paying our foreign debt to the tune of some twelve billion USD annually?! debt we the Filipino people never ever benefited from it, proclaim a moratorium on this until such time that we can economically be able to afford to pay for it! if not then corruption continues!
put the BNPP operational! we the taxpayers have already paid it by our blood, sweat and tears! we need cheaper affordable electricity rates not dictated by IPP Mafia! we spent some four billion USD already for this plant and we don’t get anything in return?! that is corruption however you look at it! so what the heck are you talking about, Mr. President? you’ve got to be joking!

Benigno Aquino 3rd you are the WORST President of the Philippines, you have done nothing but to criticise and to blame former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, you are using her as scapegoat to all the failures in your Noynoying government.you have fantacised with Gloria, maybe you are idolizing Gloria.You mentioned the corruption in Arroyo’s administration you should bear in mind she has been the president for nine years with a lot of accomplishments in all sectors of society.What corruption you are talking about? you can’t fool the delegates of ADB with full of lies and propaganda, in your administration the corruption is rampant,the poverty,criminality,unemployment,peddling of drugs,smuggling,human trafficking and political vendetta are some of the problems that you can’t solve.You are the president and it is not Gloria who will solve the problem of your administration that yourself hasa created for almost 3 years now, the only solution is for you to resign, give other qualified persons to take your place, you are inutile president.

http://profile.yahoo.com/IQZXJQPCZXHXY3HMQB7QAXTYKA Rey Ban

wag mong guluhin noynoy pre naglalaro eh..

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_7ZCCVH6WO4UVKJ5G644MRD4QU4 Renato

Pnoy you must step down now na! you must not blame Gloria if someday to get bald! kapal ng mukha mo tamad, kawatan ng bayan!

http://profile.yahoo.com/FPGLAYFLIRUSI2NAEG3Q5E6PGU R

ADB to Aquino:

Mr. President tear down that wall. We want to see your poor citizens behind the wall. We want to see the poor whose homes were demolished. We want to see the poor who receive CCT that we funded thru a loan to you. We want to see the truth. We want to see what CNN reported about your poor citizens.

Thank you for hosting our meeting and for everything that you have done for us….you have made Imelda proud of you for copying her style.

What a confident statement from a Philippine President! I consider Mr. Aquino to be an honest Philippine President since the day of Mr. Marcos government. Mrs. Aquino’s government was honest too but just ineffective to solve corruptions by her people. To me, Mr. Fidel Ramos’ government was not that bad. I don’t think these two Philippine Presidents, the son and the mother, are corrupt and greedy when it comes to government service and power. Mr. Aquino, many lazy, power hungry and corrupt Filipinos will give you a hard time to accomplish your noble mission. You have to punish the crooks and dishonest in the government to make them go away forever. Some will distract the hard working and trustworthy Filipino people just to muddle your good intentions for your country. I hope you to succeed in your calling.

thadeothadeo

What a speech – glorifying yourself and putting one down before distinguished ADB governors! How egotistic. You think these people are your fans?
Your anti corruption drive is just a deception, a distraction to hide your ineptness. There are more people getting hungrier and poorer now as SWS shows. Fact is, SWS makes poll surveys favorable to PNoy, but if SWS had been more objective, the 11.2 million figure would have been higher.

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_2LBGIWPKSBM4HYJACU2VNXIFEU Jet H

What a lie! What a liar!! Let’s start with the corruption of your clan and how they have manipulated the government not to distribute the HLI since your mother implemented her selective agrarian reform.

I shall pass this article to my international emailers and see how they would react. Normally our international emailers agree that corruption is part and parcel of Philippine life even before the Spaniards came to our shore.

Even in college especially when you take sociology courses, you will be reminded that corruption is an integral part of Philippine life.

I remember Prof Rex Drilon, Pol Sc Professor and former secretary of my university alma mater and his article in the 60’s regarding democracy and if it existed in the Philippines which was published by the UP Social Science and Humanities Review.

The only thing that has change is the people who are receiving kickbacks. The cycle continues. All government agencies whether local or national are corrupt .Try doing business with the Customs ( COSTONG), BIR ( Bureau External Revenues), the courts (the worst pretenders), the police (to serve and protect Jueteng) , AFP ( protectors of Abu Sayaf) etc. Madidismaya ka. Dapat pala ang campaign slogan noon ni Pnoy ay ” kung walang mahirap, walang corrupt”. It simply means make people financially stable first to lessen their temptation to steal. But then again some people are never contented. Take the case of Jueteng. It has never stopped and the Payola continues to line the pockets from the lowly municipal policeman all the way up to Malacaniang. When will genuine change happen? No amount of press releases meant to cover the real situation will ever solve the problem. We need real honest government people and they arequite a few.

TGM_ERICK

jueteng is another bane. erap tried to legalize it but became one of the causes of his ouster.

thadeothadeo

PNoy’s favorite story is The Emperor’s New Clothes. He is flattered by the praises from his fans, so he does the same trick at the Asian Development Bank meeting, thinking the governors will admire his new (nothing) clothes.

Go ahead. Make a fool of yourself. You’re so dense you are drowned with praises that only makes your head swell.

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_YBPJ6XZTSMFVWD3INTDE4JPZJ4 Timmy

hahahaha. Naked in the scalp?

http://profile.yahoo.com/AH7MNEFRF4G4ZQ6PA2OE4Z3BEU Verlito

Passing the FOI bill is what it takes to minimize if not eliminate corruption in all government offices.

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_SROSDNMOCIRDJPLVBPI3H2GJII Dion

”
Saying the days of corruption that flourished under Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo were over, President Aquino on Friday gave his word to international lenders”

Mr. Aquino said the government also showed the resolve that no public
official, “regardless of his or her position, will be beyond the reach
of justice and accountability.”

I can only guess that the names Naguiat, Torres, Acosta, Puno, Llamas, and Almendras, among others, have been conveniently forgotten by him.
Can justice and accountability for their actions be expected as well?
You’ve fooled the Filipino people long enough and I guess we deserved it because we were gullible enough to elect a non-performer and slacker for the Presidency.
But must you fool these foreigners as well?
Because I sincerely doubt that they will readily buy into your hollow slogans and empty promises.

violet55

Don’t forget Dinky-doo Soliman who’s suppose to be facing graft in the Truth Commission because of the 1.4B commission of the Code-NGO which she used to head. This traitor must also account for her sin.

http://profile.yahoo.com/HFYQYPW6MLJC7OLGLCJRS4IAC4 Regd

PNoy only said corruption under GMA were over, He didn’t say the same thing against the marcoses, ramos & erap. Apparently erap attempts to re-start his, ramos still make noises and the queen of all queen of denial, shoe queen and I-don’t-even-have-money-to-buy-food, imelda is, ripleys of all ripleys – a lawmaker!

This old lady declares her SALN of almost a billion(and these are only the accounted ones), uses her charm, fortune & notoriety to get elected from poor people who are under the age of reason when money are shown in their faces. And because it runs in the family veins, the children does what mommy does – continue the legacy!

So, is corruption over? Of course it’s not! With bloggers and posters even here are fighting a fierce resistant to it, it’s a constant struggle. Evil only triumphs when good men do nothing. Our nation will never run out of good men & women who will constantly fight such treat. MABUHAY ANG PILIPINAS!

Corruption over? Dinky Soliman is a Gloria corrupt DSWD secretary and her Peace Bonds corruption scandal is so well known, and yet you retained her? No wonder the poverty alleviation is a failure despite P21 billion for the poor is being mishandled by Dinky.

The corruption that ate up our economy during the previous administration of GMA is over. Now it is our turn. I have already given the marching order to my KKK, that it is our turn to pillage the nation. They need not worry for I will priotect them just as long as they are with me in my hacienda thing. My clan needs just compensation of around 10B., why my favorite to become CJ is sereno. If she becomes, i will urge my tongressman to pass a law changing all the names of CJ’s into something prefered by a president. My preference for Sereno is SereYES.

Poverty has been reduced in my government. The CCT for the poor has immensely made the poor more corrupt, some of them although not qualified are under this program. It is understandable because the list is not accurate as explained by Dinky. She has to account for the funds released and i can accept that she has yet to explain the big commission that her family got while she headed the peace bond move. It is common knowledge that It is part of the game and the interest that one gets in government service. I cannot understand this poor people why some of them as respondents in a survey indicated they they experienced more bouts of hunger. In my conclusion they are not literate enough to apreciate the difference between hunger and gnawing poverty. I felt so ashamed that a foreign news did a documentary on our PAGPAG people. But in the interest of free press i did not call the attention of these foreign press but instead did some rebuke against our local press for reporting more bad news than good news. so i asked the tongressman to pass a law, that all bad news must be placed at the last pages of a newspaper and sports and entertainment be the front headlines. i will make sure that this Pagpag mentality will be no more. I urge the cooperation of all our leading fast food services that they segregate those which can be pagpaged and will be collected by a new agency that i have created. the agency itself will do the cleaning to be distributed equally to the poorest of the poor in the metro. i will see to it that this agency will not engage in corruption for this is my only hope ,the only agency, MY FLAGSHIP AGENCY FREE FROM CORRUPTION. i also made sure that those working in my clan’s hacienda will be among the qualified beneficiary for receiving only ten peso a day as just compensation for it is the plan that my clan makes request to a re computation of fair compensation for them. GOOD DAY!

ApoLapullapu

What the President said may not be true because the Administration even walled the slums. Hiding the slums is hiding the truth. It is deception that comes only from corrupt minds. But if he did not say it in his speech, what would he say?

He can’t say anything because he has no achievement at all in his almost three years in office! He has to use the previous admin again thinking that what he’s saying is important to those Board of Governors. What else can I say on a clueless President!

pepengkabayo

Aquino tells ADB: Corruption over…..

I appreciate Pnoy on his sincerity and his fight against corruption.
But please, don’t wash the dirty laundry in public much more foreign audience.
When these ADB people leave, they have the impression that this gov’t is really corrupt.
Why, the President says so.
Pnoy should just stick to agenda and nothing else.
To add corruption on the topic muddle the issue.
Just watch your words Pnoy,
Too much slip of the tongue is like a fish caught in the mouth.

thadeothadeo

I know how you feel but, what kind of speech can you expect from this tactless and clueless president?

beatmanny

i am not exaggerating when i say that some high school students would be better speaker than him. parang hindi nya iniisip ang sinasabi nya. bira ng bira.

kawawang_bansa

you’re dreamin’, mate

thadeothadeo

Thinking that his election gimmick “Kung Walang Corrupt..” ek-ek will sell at the ADB meeting, he spoke like he is campaigning again.

PNoy, those governors are not Filipno voters. They are economists. You cannot deceive them.

Don Dee

You mean the way na nabola nya yung Ayala brothers? I’m sure these two, owners of one of the largest corporations in the country don’t know what they are talking about. Ayalas do not know business. Kaya nga ang hirap-hirap nila e. Kasi naniniwala sila sa propaganda. Imagine, these two have even gone on record, on CNN at that, that now there is a “level playing field.” I mean, you should tell these two that they ought to hire economists.

violet55

No. Its the other way around. Si Pnoynoying ang binola ng mga Ayalas. Why? Because of him their empire grew bigger. We know the Ayalas. If the present government will make life difficult for them and their business they even finance to oust a President they don’t like. Remember Erap? But at least I agree with them there.

Kaya “ang yaman yaman” nila, di ba????

thadeothadeo

Bola is a sign of sophistication of which PNoy is not capable of. Who knows where businessmen base their decision when they go into investing except of profit. But one thing is sure – landed oligarchs speak of the same language – patronage politics and clientelism. And PNoy is a member of the landed oligarchs clan.

violet55

This clueless President is at it again! Are you trying to lecture these Board of Governors of the different countries with your lies? Don’t you know that they know what is the real state of the Philippines because each of those countries have a representative here and who reports everything to the host country?

And you’re happy with the $761.97 million ODA for 2011-2016 which means roughy $126 million a year? And that’s an achievement? Something to be proud of? That’s too small compared to what ADB has been lending to other countries Pnoynoying!

And do you know that ADB knows that in every and almost all member countries of ADB there’s corruption and though how much you tell them that you have eliminated it, can you really look them straight in the eye?

Why do I say these? Because I worked for 10 years in ADB in the Agriculture Department before I ventured in my own real estate business and I know how loans are disbursed because we have a loan administration staff who checks all loans of every department.

Mr. President, please check the local government of the Province of Samar, under the siege of the ‘Three Tans’, where corruption is the normal fare of the day, before you formally and officially announce that corruption is over. Please!!!

Romulus Fenandez

include the province of Northern Samar under the father and son tandem of the DAZAs!

Well then give us reports in details on how the cash transfer project by Soliman spent,and explain to us how the hunger incidence increases despite the fact that CCT budget increases.explain to us where the 2,000 container van went,and why his lapdog mr. Biazon accepted hands up that up till now smugglers are doing brisk business under his watch and he is hopeless to at least minimize it.

violet55

This is the first time that a President of the Philippines have this kind of speech at the ADB meeting. Previous Presidents don’t speak ill of the previous administration just to look good. This Noynoying President believes that he is speaking to a small town hall campaigning! You look terribly miserable in the eyes of those Board of Governors of those countries. It only shows how idiot and clueless you are. And do you think they don’t know that you’re just Noynoying in office? You’re wrong Pnoynoying. They know all and what kind of Presidents there are in their member countries.

You’re a shame in that meeting. You may have a good scriptwriter but because of your stubbornness you still continued to adlib what’s in your mind which is most of the time bu!!sh!+.

Why do I have to be in the ADB meetings to know all these facts? When I resigned in ADB we still meet because we have an association of all resigned and retired ADB staff so we know what’s happening. You just keep on blabbering things you don’t know of . So cut the crap RobertoMagtuytoy!!

Your idol Noynoying President should stop and zip his mouth about GMA because she’s already in jail. Do you think the Board of Governors and other guests like what he’s saying about GMA? The problem with you is you’re like Pnoynoying. You’re both clueless in a lot of things but would like to sound and want to look intelligent.

If you’re sure of all your accusations, why isn’t Pnoynoying charging her with all what you’re saying? Because even Carpio-Morales knows that there is no evidence to charge GMA with these accusations. Its only in Pnoynoying and your dirty mind.

And you? You should face the consequence on all the stupidity you’ve been ranting here praising Pnoynoying to high heavens.

RobertoMagtuytoy

Heaven sent yata si NOYNOY. I am sure he’s guided by his fathers principle of fairness and honesty. If only Ninoy is alive, he is the proudest father on earth today.

violet55

Heaven or devil sent so Filipinos will suffer more. Ninoy must be turning in his grave now because of what his son is doing. If he’s alive Pnoynoying will hear an earful from his Dad who’s very intelligent. Why? Ninoy himself noticed there’s something wrong with his son he had him examined and checked in the US.

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_XY7UBGNI4YMO4J46PMDIVA7N6Q rog

I am a fan of the President but I don’t agree that corruption is over in this country. Why? Because he hasn’t jailed a single corrupt government official! And what are these corrupt government officials doing nowadays? Still thieving as in the olden days. WAKE UP MR. PRESIDENT! YOU NEED TO DO MORE!

That’s what happens if people lose their objectivity. This president made “personalan” fashionable when he took his vengeance against GMA and Corona. He sows the wind and reaps the whirlwind.

Critics of this president are also doing their share in nation building. Popularity can blind a leader, and he needs critics to shake him from stupor that will lead to tyranny or abuse of power.

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_5QJUD47DAPM2Y5J3AEMCE2C624 John TWT

Objectivity can never be had. That’s the single most difficult challenge for any leader.
But yes, each of our own subjective take on issues should be taken as guideposts in decisions that are aimed at true nation-building; by a leader who must not be blinded by yellow curtains foisted upon him by bootlickers and behind kissers.
I would not agree though that all critics are also doing their share in nation building…
Some critics are just plain whiners hehe

thadeothadeo

If Pnoy started his presidency by healing the wounds of the nation, he could have had started on the right foot. But he was very combative and vindictive from day 1. He is not the president only of those who voted for him. He kept the lines of division drawn between his supporters and the rest even after the elections. So he is getting what he deserves.

That’s why election fever has not died down and PNoy’s demeanor is exacerbating that.

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_AFDQQH2M3OD6ZGBJNJ34UZHIV4 Enrico

Yan ang sabihin mo kay Pnoy.

thunderbolt01

This has been what the pwesident has been demonstrating since he assumed office. Hatred about GMA & corona so what would you expect. If he had been a true leader that shows respect to everybody this wouldn’t have happened at all. Manipulating facts and deceiving people that ‘s what he is good at. Take the case of Hacienda Luisita. Is that information good enough for you? And what good has he done for the country?

You have a point about Pnoy’s hate campaign against GMA and Corona.
What good has he done for the country? That’s a bit sweeping and presumptuous I think.
You might have a very different opinion if it was you sitting in the palace.

iriga1_city1_boy1

President Aquino’s statement that the corruption which flourished during her predecessor’s term were over ,is erroneous.The fact of the matter is:
Corruption in the Philippines is already a cancer that has already spread into the whole body of it’s existence.I don’t know how our country will fix it.In almost every level of the society and governmental entities,this malady is constricting our progress and the welfare of the populace.Born right after WORLD WAR 2, i witnessed how corruption ravaged our economy and destroyed our credibility in the world.Used to be #2 economically to japan in Asia in the 60’s but got overtaken by surrounding Asian countries lately.
When will we change from this destructive path to pave way for the good future of our future children in generations to come?
Only the Filipinos can change it from within,some say.We can’t be mendicant nation forever always asking and begging.
To the people elected to serve,they need to fulfill their covenant with the people.And not to enrich and corrupt.
This President can have good intentions ,but if others would stunt his agenda,then this country is
doomed.
In a decade or two,the country’s population will double up.If Corruption is not fixed by that time?
Quo Vadis ,Philippines.

Romulus Fenandez

hahahahaha, penoy must be sleeping, better yet noynoying all this time. ask every contractor in the country how much is the SOP right now, well, they’ll tell you it has increased up to 40% depending on the kind of project! He should ask his self-righteous congressmen allies like tanada, quimbo, abad, umali, abaya etc. and study very well their submitted SALN for 2011 and compare them with their actual riches and if I may add including penoy himself.

firmelilia_12LAF

Wait a minute, Mr. President. Are you sure Arroyo-related corruptions are over/? Very certifiably, remnant Arroyo officials are tenaciously clinging to their posts, kapit tuko, ika nga and as a matter of fact, they are not only thorns in your neck but spears in your chest. One of them can still undo your good governance thrust.
Until and unless you successfully kick them out of your “tuwid na daan” you still face a rough road ahead.
Ordinary citizens like me can help you exorcise the evil spirits inhabiting in these officials through our prayers.
God bless and good luck, Mr. President.

kilabot

corruption over. it’s now called political prostitution. and noynoy kapon is the mother of all pimps– mama-san extraordinaire. did you notice how his saliva freely flowed as he spoke?

as in the asean and usa meetings, the adb delegates just ignored the master of noynoying. they understood that his way of eradicating poverty is by putting up walls along the way where poverty exists so visitors do not see.

Karabukov

I can very well understand the skepticism of many of the posters here. Every P-Noy critic must be here (and supporters, as well), just because of the news story’s header: “Corruption over”. Corruption is over? Really? Well, that’s news to me too. Nevertheless, I have never really seen a Philippine president with the avowed mission of minimizing corruption in government. I hope he truly means it. He may fail here, he may fail there but ultimately I pray and hope he will succeed.

Of the critics of this president there are two kinds: Those who want him to succeed and those who want him to fail. What kind are you? Criticism he may need, but support is what will make him succeed. Let us therefore support this man. He IS our president. Please do not fail your people, Mr. President. Be a great president. Make this country great! Mabuhay ka President Aquino!

Declaring that corruption is over is really a bit of a stretch. But to a certain degree, yes, inch by inch, there are some measures that have improved, at least, people’s perception about corruption in the most strategic offices and projects.

But corruption in the lower rungs of government indeed flourishes. Congressmen still get away with their pork kickbacks (Heck, there’s buzz among kibitzers in our little province that our Liberal Party affiliated cong has been consolidating his war chest for next year’s election through his pork, hehe).

Given the scope of the president’s supervision over LGUs, it would be extremely difficult to personally monitor all of them especially given the political dynamics endemic in each province, town or barangay, where people are mostly unempowered, afraid to tell on their “leaders,” playing along in the game of traditional politics, or just plain unconcerned about their communities as they toil endlessly to mend for their families.

Corruption is everybody’s business; not just the president’s. The most that he can do is to be a paragon, a torch bearer, an example to be emulated, a symbol. That alone can be herculean as in this game of politics, we can never discount giving back in return for favors we owe our political benefactors. And I’m sure there are so many interests jockeying for position in Malacanang. He simply cannot wash his hands free of this dirt.

There is only so much that one can do. But yes, in our own little way, we can contribute to change…with or without this president. Our collective effort on this front is mightier than all the blabber and show of our so-called reformist leaders.

http://www.facebook.com/oustcorona ILL_HIT_YOUR_FACE

Great Mr. President.

http://profile.yahoo.com/MLD4OKCRPD4PLQOEWMYBRELWG4 Cola

Very good, Mr. President. The Arroyo corruption is over but it seems there is a new brand of corruption among the PNOY appointed people like Virginia Torres of LTO. It has been so long and had been in the papers and broadcast media for quite a while but nothing was done.

GOPHILIPPINESGO

Ano case ni virginia torres? corrupt ba sya?hahaha!

violet55

This Pnoynoying Potemkin style of covering the squatters colony in Airport road really sucks! Trying to cover up the real state of this country to look good is really pathetic.

You’re to be blamed appointing Dinky-doo Soliman to head DSWD even though you know how corrupt she is. And making her handle the billions for the poor? For all you know the cash transfer is being transferred to private pockets including that of Dinky-doo that’s why there are more hungry and poor Filipinos despite the billions poured in to them.

GOPHILIPPINESGO

This is also what ramos did during the APEC Summit. nothing wrong with it.

What do you do with a president who seems to be clueless that he is lying barefaced to his people and his guests? let him be. anyway we have endured tyrants and thieves for decades. we deserve what we get.

hatecorrupt

only in you mind…..He is diffirent fom the arroyos, estradas and the marcoses…

Where did your ideas come from? The ADB is composed of distinguished persons in economics, finance, and governance, hence very diplomatic. They are supposed to be discreet in their words. They will not demean any president, past or present. Your comment is based on personal observation, but vague grasp of international protocols. I worked in this circle, FYI.

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_DRXM5DJDBWNZ6FEPZDIJYIATNA Billy Mosende

A friend from ADB said you’re so naive.

thadeothadeo

Identify him/her and his position. Baka contractual janitor lang yon.

GOPHILIPPINESGO

Right, those distinguished persons do not like to be associated with the corrupt arroyo regime. that’s why, no ADB meeting in the philippines for 10 years under arroyo.

casaysay

Are you paid to fool your fellow kababayans or just an ignorant poster? Arroyo was in office in 2001, and in 2003 the Philippines hosted the ADB annual meeting. ADB has 67 member countries. If one country is allowed to host the ADB meeting in rotation, it will take 67 years to complete the full cycle. Therefore, it does not mean that in case that the ADB meeting is not scheduled in a member country in 10 or 20 or 30 or 50 years ay iniwasan na ito ng ADB. Between 2003 and 2012 ay bale 9 years lamang ang lumipas ng ibinalik muli ang ADB meeting sa Manila, but it that does not mean na paborito nila ang Pilipinas. The ADB headquarter is just located in Manila, Philippines kaya just expect na mas madalas ang meeting nila sa Manila compared sa other member countries like Korea, Turkey, India, Spain, Indonesia, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Chila, USA, Thailand, Switzerland, New Zealand, France. Btw, each of the countries I mentioned hosted only ONE, yes just one ADB meeting in 21 years and nobody is saying that ADB avoided any of these country. I just hope that less kababayans will be trapped sa kabudoyan ng post mo.

Mr. President, whilst you and your support team are to be congratulated on the work done since your ascendancy please let us not be too premature in our declarations of an end to corruption. There is much more work to be done in eliminating those corruptors clinging to their fiefdom (the infamous corona comes to mind). The Republic has to be made bullet proof against future corruption with stronger checks and balances in all areas of government and private sectors.

The process has started but still tentative and I will venture to suggest that your term will not be long enough to give complete confidence to investors and the country as a whole. They will probably want to see if the next President will ensure that we do not revert back to the old ways. That said it has taken a gutsy person in the form of this President to show the world he means business and has a no-nonsense approach to it.

kulittwit

PNoy will be the best President of the Philippines.

thadeothadeo

No, doubt. He will make the Philippines the poorest nation in the world.

He has just made the Philippines the laughing stock of the world in his handling of Foreign Policy of the Scarborough Shoals.

No sympathies from the ASEAN, rebuff from the US.

Pag sa kapalpakan, the best president talaga.

GOPHILIPPINESGO

Haha! Obama invited PNoy to the white house.

thadeothadeo

Is that an achievement? Can that feed the poor? That’s junket. Intended for propaganda, and Obama’s jab for votes from Fil-Ams.

To our economy? Hah. PNoy has just been rebuffed, and you want a state visit? For more promises, more of the same, or nice words of support? Maybe more discarded planes, ships, or hard materials that are junks, but the naive PNoy would pay in dollars to the US?

GOPHILIPPINESGO

Just watch, PNoy was invited by obama haha!

violet55

Ridiculous!!!

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_W4RTNUSX3BQCWCDQAA562BFC5I Lito G

weh di nga?

GOPHILIPPINESGO

Totally agree. With the prayers of Filipinos worldwide, PNoy will succeed.

violet55

Yes he is the best President of the Philippines for being clueless, lazy, tactless, arrogant, fond of psp games and fast cars at his age, etc. etc. etc!!!

Another lie. The upgrade now is due to the decision of the Gloria Finance Secretary to have the debts prepaid two years before the term of Gloria expired when the peso was at its highest vs the dollar.

PNoy is taking the credit for Gloria’s efforts. Ha Ha. When making claims, be sure you have the data and facts to support it.

yesyesyo

Look who’s lying.

violet55

You are. You can’t even cite a link and you’re saying this?

GOPHILIPPINESGO

research mo back issues ng inquirer violet nandyan lahat.

violet55

And why the inquirer when its Pnoynoying’s newspaper? Give me another one that’s not bias then I might believe you.

GOPHILIPPINESGO

then you better read other newspapers violet, a lot of choices.

violet55

Of course I’m reading several newspapers pro and anti Pnoynoying. I read Tribune, Manila Standard, Inquirer, Star and Manila Bulletin. I have an everyday subscription of these newspapers. The more I read them the more I know how inept this Noynoying President is!

thadeothadeo

Is that all you can say?

violet55

Juan dela Cruz you’re obvious to be the Pnoynoying propagandist in action. The Carandang brigade is here again because they know the bloggers comments are against Pnoynoying. Look at how you enumerate what you “claim” to be his achievement. Duh!!!

2 groups will not be happy with any improvement in the level of corruption in the Philippines : (1) The corrupt-prone people and corruption-benificiaries, and (2) The ultra-left groups who consistently need the sympathy of disgruntled people

http://profiles.yahoo.com/u/H6T7YUHZQHZBJ6BFWMFCIYPOQA Jokjok B

and those who read between the lies/lines…..

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_5QJUD47DAPM2Y5J3AEMCE2C624 John TWT

Anyone who believes that corruption will be eradicated from this country is delusional.

But those who encourage others to take even small steps to rid this nation of this malady, one at a time, arduously against the tide of a cancerous culture, are sure to be blessed, comforted at the thought that their miserable lives are not hallow bubbles that will pop away in the insignificance of an existence, but shall be vessels of hope that will forever stay lit the torch of a beautiful life for later generations; that they may not lose hope, that they may carry it forward, that they may not despair…for despair will be the end of this nation.

Then provide him the links before thadeothadeo tells you to shut up also.

thadeothadeo

You’re right. We know how to get facts, so let’s be circumspect before making accusations or allegations. Put up or shut up. Walang pakunwari dyan.

yesyesyo

thadeo, research my boy..

violet55

Do the research for thadeo. He has been asking for the link and all of you here say there is such. C’mon give him the link. I also want to know if there is such ok?

thadeothadeo

Tell yourself that. Your posts do not reflect proof of research.

GOPHILIPPINESGO

violet, mag research ka rin hija.

violet55

I always do my research Juan de la Cruz before I comment. I think you should help yesyesyo to research. It will add to your knowledge.

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_OZ2KAZ2GNWA2PJTJUENERM67XE PHL_Defender

stop day dreaming get into the facts, the result of any present improvement are results of what had been done in the past.the water that is noisy runs shallow, but those silent water is extremely runs deep.

Arroyo was the most “opportunist” (lame duck) president the world had ever known. Left and right and corruption because she never sweat it out. her husband I considered the great fox or coyote…

KenKhoy

sure hope so????………………. may be not in my lifetime

kilabot

after pnoy’s speech at the adb meeting, some facts emerged. hitler and noynoy kapon have things in common. their speeches reflect their morbid mental tendencies, termed “shamanism”, “epilepsy” and “paranoia”.

“Shamanism” referred to hysteria and compulsion to feed off whipped-up crowds.

“Epilepsy” covered his cold and ruthless streak, combined with a tendency to lose heart when ambitions failed.

“Paranoia” was the third and most worrying tendency, exposed through the patient’s “Messiah
complex”. In pnoy’s case he thinks he is leading a chosen people — yellow fanatics — on a crusade against evil through his slogan of ‘daang matuwid’. pnoy is a goddess to the yellow fanatic prostitutes.

Yes, Mr. & Ms. ADB. The president who is now sitting in Malacanan is vastly different from the past 2 presidents – one disgraced the other in jail. Yes, the country is now being presided over by an individual who do not steal from the people. You all can take that to the bank.

yellow_zombies

Only brainwashed supporters and pathetic a$$lickers will believe this tripe. First of all, corruption is an incurable disease in Philippine society. We have rampant corruption from the lowest rungs of the barangays to the most powerful corridors of Malacanang. We haven’t seen any big fish convicted for corruption, especially those from corrupt political dynasties such as the Marcoses, Cojuangcos, Arroyos, Estradas, etc. Just like previous Philippine presidents, PNoy is very good in sugarcoating the grim realities of the lackluster economy (GDP growth rate the lowest in the ASEAN, skyrocketing commodity prices, growing poverty levels, growing unemployment, etc.) and spewing lies in trying to dupe foreigners to invest in the country. Sadly, the ADB and other international financial groups are too wise to believe such dishonest pronouncements.

yesyesyo

Things have changed for the better. Malacanang today do not ask for percentage and under the table from contractors, investors and businessmen. Business is booming.

So much hope for the Philippines. God bless President Aquino.

jurbinsky77

Judge Abalos was quoted saying, “100 Million ang kay First Gentleman, diyan”, without even lowering his voice.

Hey_Dudes

Yessiree Mr. & Ms. ADB. There is no longer a practice of giving SUV’s to the bishops and inviting them over to Malacanan for dinner and prayover. There is no longer a practice of inviting officers of the AFP to Malacanan for loyalty checks and steak dinner while the rest of the citizenry are scavenging for food in trash cans. Gone is the practice of inviting members of congress to Malacanan for breakfast and giving them ‘pabaons in brown envelopes each with P500,000.00 moolahs.

In short – iba na ang panahon if you lend us money, your money will go towards the project for the people not in the bulsa of corrupt politicians and employees.

2008 the exchange rate reached 40,22 Pesos to one Dollar. What is selfexplantory here? PNoy hhas absolutely nothing to do with the high standing of the Peso, which by the way makes us losses of 700 Billion Pesos per year in otherwise spendable exchange losses. Around 200 Billions of this amount would be taxes. Nice losses…..
We need a strong Peso about as badly, as Pacman needs goiter.

I never linked that exchange rate to Aquino. Obviously you did not understand my posting. It simply showed, that we had an even stronger Peso in the time of Arroyo, who is really disliked by the people, to express, that exchange rate has nothing to to with the president. Think first, before you post!

http://profile.yahoo.com/WKULLE6N6KVLY72ZQW4QC5A4QE J

High currency exchange rate equals strong economy is not necessarily true. Even China is keeping their renmimbi artificially low – to maintain competitiveness. All other major currencies eg US dollar, UK pound, Indian rupee, euro are devaluing – to remain competitive in a GLOBAL economy.

thadeothadeo

That’s Pnoy’s brand of cluelessness. Legendary ineptness. Thinking that speeches can alter facts before economists and distinguished ministers who are provided with facts by their support staffs.

Karabukov

Have you even heard or read the speech? If you want to criticize it, say something more specific then refute it if you can. You say, “Contrary sa claims ng speechwriter ni Pnoy”. What claims? Say what they are then you can deny or dispute. Saying something like “The type of Pnoy speech is never heard in civilized democracies, but always heard from leaders of countries like China, Cuba, North Korea, etc kung saan ang leadership mismo ang nagbubuhat ng kanilang sariling bangko sa pagbabakasakali na makalansi ng mga taga pakinig na maniwala sa talsik ng kanilang laway.” is funny but will only earn applause from those who are already thinking like you.

http://profile.yahoo.com/K6IDD5GEWEVDKU55CI7BLEXLHE Vic Ruales

when i read that headline this morning i could not help but laugh. corruption over? that’s the biggest joke of them all. i do believe ADB is not a bunch of gullible idiots.

muddygoose

Next time read the article: “…the days of corruption that flourished under Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo were over…”

So many stupid Filipinos are making mockery of the upright and well-meaning individuals. They can worship Gloria and Ferdinand all their life but the truth is they themselves were and still are victims of graft and corruption. Pathetic.

http://profile.yahoo.com/FPGLAYFLIRUSI2NAEG3Q5E6PGU R

Alex Lopez and Noynoy…classmates (grade school, high school, college), business partners at BSA security agency. Alex is son of Mel Lopez?

For you to check out and see for yourself. The old QI property worth billions (yes PCSO) connect it to Alex?

Pacific Concrete Products…supplier to DPWH, including the disastrous re-asphalting of the Buendia overpass?

Pacific Concrete is owned by the family of Alex?

PNOC…who is a Noy appointed director there?

PPP—-biggest projects go to biggest campaign contributors and supporters, just like political appointments and positions?

So many others that do not go reported….find out for yourself and decide what the truth is.

It isn’t about Gloria and Ferdinand…it’s about real change or the absence of it.

Because Penoy doesn’t want to tackle the population problem head on, no political will. So, whatever progress, as you said, Penoy may achieved, it will just be overwhelmed by the rapidly growing population. Di ba dapat ang ugat ng kahirapan ang dapat pagtuunan ng pansin ni Penoy?

thadeothadeo

Make Pnoy resign now and you will see that without him Phil. GDP will rise. PNoy’s presence hardly in Malacanang hardly matters. His Noynoying is a bane to governance. Who says so – read the WB and the IMF reports. C’mon. Stop Noynoying and punch those keyboards now to the sites. Don’t make me do it for you.

thadeothadeo

Oh, I forgot. Don’t be selective.

Alajero

….yes…i think the prez strategy of burying the money…under the ground instead of spending it to stimulate the economy…is paying off…a lot of hungry mouths…but, you cannot say…the country is running out of money…
….for a president schooled in economics…i am sure…this is the easiest and the laziest thing to do…
….whoever is the next president….i am sure he or she will swim on this money…and dole it out to the next batch of cronies….
….and from there…we shall look back…and ask..what did Mr. Aquino really did for the people…other than saving it for the next president?….
….any idea…feeling…or some kind of wild guesses?…because, honestly, i don’t know….

It all boils down on Priorities of the President where his survival in power is derived from the votes and not from the real strength of a well faceted leader…sad to say..

In politics, and especially in Philippine traditional Politics where voters are enticed not on the capability and integrity of the candidate but by media circus and mud slinging and popularity, your basic necessity is addressed and that’s why you believe in Aquino.

But if we talk about the over-all outlook in terms of the economic condition, welfare and benefit in all sectors of the society and the general economic outlook that will create tangible effect in the long term, your concern is only a very minor aspect. To have your head secured under a roof is just a part of the many things that needs to be addressed whoever is the President. but how is the long term? your children’s education, the economic condition at the time of your future retirement, the peace and order, the general health and condition of the environment? These all will matter more than a mere housing project…Providing your housing does not mean he is not corrupt or his allies is not corrupt and no corruption is going on. You are just lucky because your only concern has been addressed, and your outlook is only up to that point. Generally, we still need a capable president with a bunch of extra ordinary talented, well veresed and competent team with unquestionable integrity…things that are much to be desired of from the current administration…

Partly true because PNoy is doing his best but he can not do this alone and his efforts alone are not enough. He must have referred to foreign funding but how about expenditures out of local collections. How about businessmen, drivers and other professionals who have to give grease money in order to fast trach their transactions? How about the IRA that have been abused and misused by various local government units? How about businessmen especially those who are exploiting our natural resources who are not paying the just share of the people thru taxes in connivance with unscrupulous government regulators? There are so much left to be done and the Matuwid na Daan should be standard that should be adapted by all and by which everybody’s performance should be measured agaunst may they be with the administration, opposition, independent and including PNoy himself. That is Daang Matuwid Yan Movement or DAMAYAN movement would like to pursue out of its love for our country and countrymen. reynaldo quijada

pinoynga

No doubt that this particular presidency’s campaign against corruption has been unprecedented. Finally, Pinoys can now see that if the country’s leader in the person of the President is serious about corruption, things can start to improve. Compared with previous administrations, including that of Pres. Cory, only this particular administration took courage in taking the bull of corruption by its horns. I DON”T credit PNOY for this. I credit the decent and conscientious Pinoys who know full well the long-term effects of what corruption has done for the country. These Pinoys remained steadfast in their belief that corruption can indeed be addressed by government. NO to wang-wangs.

Unlike the average government programs which have beginnings and endings, programs against systemic corruption can only be started but it does not have an END. Corruption will persist today and in the future. That’s why we must be constantly reminded of this. Remember, some have short memories. Corruption has many faces, and many fathers, and mothers. But integrity, righteousness, and honesty in government seem to be orphans. But this need not be the case.

Many decent and honorable Pinoys know full well that they all must continue the fight beyond this administration into the next, and the next, etc… against corrupt people in government and society. Let’s continuously support any and all programs against corruption in our country and not waiver in our determination as a Christian nation that good and righteous governance should be demanded always from government and our public servants. Let’s continuously say NO to government’s “business corruption as usual” mentality. Wang-wangs KEEP OUT.

Let the decent and great Pinoy’s show this determination again in this forthcoming national elections. Let’s all pray for the Pinoys and the Philippines. Mabuhay! And let’s have FUN!

isalexus

He he he Of course being a KKK helps in having ” fun” – TULOY ANG LIGAYA!!!

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_W4RTNUSX3BQCWCDQAA562BFC5I Lito G

You have conflicting thoughts…. From this “Finally, Pinoys can now see that if the country’s leader in the person of the President is serious about corruption, things can start to improve.”…. to this ”
I DON”T credit PNOY for this. I credit the decent and conscientious Pinoys who know full well the long-term effects of what corruption has done for the country. These Pinoys remained steadfast in their belief that corruption can indeed be addressed by government. NO to wang-wangs.”…
Ofcourse PNOY cannot take all the credits but as you already said the leader(President) must be serious about corruption. And then people will support it. Credits should go to all people that fight against corruption. Everybody must be vigilant in government spending and push for more transparency. Nakabaon na sa sistema ng gobyerno ang corruption, from barangay to malacanang. PNOY is doing a good job jump starting to stop corruption. Now the people must support it.

pinoynga

Thanks for your response Lito G. For me any and all government worker, elected or appointed, starting from the President is just a representative of the people. As representatives of what people really wants, they cannot take any credit for whatever they do. But that’s just me. Even in the bible, it is clear that no servant is above the master. This is the basis for my comments on giving credits or taking credits.

But I find nothing wrong per se in giving credit to PNOY, or anyone else for that matter, if the “giver” says so. I believe giving credit should be on a personal level, anyway.

TGM_ERICK

As usual you gave a well articulate sentiments of non-partisan Pilipinos! Clap clap clap! 1000 likes! :-)))))

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_GRVAJUYIO6PRIAPQHNE6MYKNEQ Lando

I voted for Pnoy and I hate Gloria….. but I know corruption remains prevalent and widespread.

GOPHILIPPINESGO

Please cite a specific example.

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_GRVAJUYIO6PRIAPQHNE6MYKNEQ Lando

I work in DBM.

GOPHILIPPINESGO

The better, please cite specific example of PNoy corruption. I hope you will call a press conference and announce this so the whole world will know.

There is corruption when one kabarilan of the president who was exposed to have a hand in what remains to be a proliferation of jueteng – yet never been penalized.

There is corruption when another kabarilan of the president was caught with high powered fire-arm (okey, never mind the pirated DVD), yet nothing ever happened.

There is corruption when senators and congressmen remain to wallow in their pork barrels and dip their hands in infrastructure projects.

There is corruption, when the family of the president insists to hold–on to Hacienda Luisita while thousands of farmers remain landless and there supposedly is a land reform program (buti na lang may away sila ni Corona).

There is corruption when the Dacer-Corbito case appears to had been thrown into the thrash because Sen. Ping is trying to be friendly to the president.

There is corruption in the situation where Palaparan at and Ortega brothers in Palawan remains free.

There is corruption when PNoy plays blind from the history of oppression and exploitation by the superpower countries esp America – at siya pa ang lalapitan ni PNoy laban sa Tsina.

It is widespread just because Filipinos themselves got the tendency to corrupt one another, The common Public plus Government employees are willing participants to Graft and Corruptions especially when we want to do things the easy way. Padulas lang gawa agad. This is common.

Accomplishments must be cited basing factual and published figures. For example, Pnoy boasted his accomplishment daw of constructing 10,000 schoolrooms after over 2 years in office, and that is less than 5,000 units every year. And those who idolized jumped in joy. However, in late 2009 at the end of her term, GMA visited the 100,000th schoolroom built during her 9 years in office, and that is around 11,000 units every year. HAHAHA!!! 5,000 vs 11,000 just think of that kung may accomplishment nga si Pnoy gaya ng budoy na paniwala niya..

isalexus

Accomplishment ni Wangwang– Reduced GNP by Noynoying on public expenditures!!

Ofr course that is a big “IF”that what you cited is true at all! More probable it is only SPIN lang ng Wangwang Propaganda Incorporated and Dirty Tricks Department O f Malacanang!! Noynoying can’t possibly produce such number when they suspended many government contracts in their first year of power!!!!!!!”

http://twitter.com/elkapitan21 edgar

wha??????????? wish mo lang!

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_7C3GEWHR7XBMEK4HIJPMDSRYPQ Justin

Calling Mr. President,

Sorry to hear that its only your personal opinion that corruption is over…maybe perhaps up to your level of eyesight only.

As long as corruption thrives at the Local level (Provincial and LGU’s even in Districts), a reality that lingers on even from the time of previous presidents in memory, and the current system of governance continue coupled with some dysfunctional provisions in the old constitutions, you cannot claim that Corruption is over in the Philippines. Be honest and be cognizant.

As long as we don’t put a cap to control Dynasty Politics, questionable Pork Barrel Distribution, lack of transparency on Government Financial Disbursement, private armies, independence of judiciary and police, influential hands in politics by the few elite and privileged, corruption will remain as a major component of Philippine Survival besides taxation. Ask your allies from the regional and local levels and compare that to what you see in your surroundings, then you will get your real answers…

I hope Mr. President you are clear on that….do not just do another media circus, another cleaner than thou effect. Your statement and personal opinion with basic issues unaddressed to curb out corruption, is in itself tantamount to practicing corruption.

The Philippines is hosting for the first time after a decade the yearly Asian Development Bank
board of governor’s meeting. The ADB avoided the Philippines as venue
for ten years under the corrupt arroyo regime.

The leadership of the incorruptible PNoy spelled the difference.
Business confidence is on all-time high.This is what an honest
government can do.

http://profile.yahoo.com/WG4LHVZPJOUWA2SJ6OB7ZTEDDM Francis

business confidence of enslaving the filipino people by chinese traders…

violet55

ADB has several member countries and they schedule succeeding ADB meeting years before. This does not mean that Pnoynoying did very good in their eyes that’s why they have the meeting here. It just so happen that he is the sitting President today. I worked in ADB for 10 years so I know how these goes.

Bilib sana ako if Wangwang deid not attempt to fool the ADB delegates by hiding the squatters area with billboards!!! Wangwang attempted to corrupt the situation by not showing the truth— gutom ang maraming Pilipino– kumakain ng “Pagpag”!!

RobertoMagtuytoy

panahon pa ni RAMOS at GLORIA yan.

isalexus

Which means then — nothing really changed and thus Wangwang really has done nothing to date—- of course except for entertaining thye mnasses with his Corona Impeachment cavalcade!!

I have no proof that the President is corrupt. So, I presumed he is clean. And when P-Noy said the corruption of the past Arroyo administration is over, he was telling the truth. Gloria is not in power anymore. What he did not say is that there is no more corruption today. If he said so, I would have disagreed.

http://profile.yahoo.com/RB77HFWKYPOOSGRUY4BZD6RJ4U Ronald

slavery by Hacienda Luisita of generations of farmers ay pagnanakaw in the highest degree.

pagpag eating by hungry Filipinos in CNN documetary is true, truth hurts, dont hide the truth, truth will set us free, dont hide the squatters from ADB delegates, and Filipinos that are hungry and poverty stricken is increasing according to SWS survey.

yesyesyo

Ramos did the same thing during the APEC Summit held in manila. nothing wrong with it.

Fulpol

walang corruption… paano naman kasi nawala na yung 10 bilyon…

hahaha
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hahha

scorpio22

If Aquino truly believes that corruption is over in the Philippines, then I expect him to make these announcements on Monday.

1. He should announce that he is closing down the Office of the Ombudsman since they will no
longer be necessary as they won’t have anymore corrupt officials to prosecute (at least while
he’s the president)

2. He should instruct Abad to take back the money from Dinky for the Conditional Cash Transfer
as Aquino would have also eradicated poverty. Remember– “kung walang corrupt,walang
mahirap”

If he doesn’t do this, then all his talk is nothing but BS!…. and I don’t mean his initials.

I wonder if he thinks that the ADB delegates are buying his pronouncements?

isalexus

Those ADB delegates are just amused!! Some delegates are for sure enjoying the hospitality of GRO in Karaoke Bars– so why rock the boat by contradicting the host?

“I’M NOT hearing this,” the procurement expert recalls himself saying as he tried to cover his ears. He was recounting an interesting incident that happened sometime last year, while he was helping oversee a public bidding for civil-works contractors to build roads in a southern Philippines province.
The roads project was being funded by a major bilateral donor, which had hired the procurement expert to help ensure the selection of contractors was honest and transparent. The bidding had gone very well; there were many eligible participants and the price bids were genuinely competitive. Members of the bids and awards committee (BAC) also did not take a long time to recommend that the contract should be awarded to the lowest bidder.

But then, the expert said, the winner of the bidding approached him and the BAC members to tell them this: “The mayor just called to ask for his cut. He said we wouldn’t be allowed to enter his town if we didn’t give him something. What should I do?”That’s when the procurement expert, who spoke to the PCIJ on condition of anonymity as his employment contract forbids him from talking publicly about the project, put his hands to his ears. He said he didn’t know how the story ended – whether the mayor got his cut and how much, if any. But for him, the incident underscores some of the ills that continue to plague many public works projects even as the central offices of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) begin to make some headway in curbing corruption and collusion in the implementation of big projects.“For big projects, it’s clear that Secretary Rogelio Singson’s reforms are already making a significant impact,” said the procurement expert, an engineer who used to work for a government-planning agency. “But picking contractors for pork-barrel and local projects is still influenced to a large extent by congressmen or local politicians.”Exactions by local polsEven if they do not have a hand in choosing contractors, politicians try to take a slice off the private contractors’ profit margins by threatening to make it hard for them to secure various kinds permits from local authorities. Noted the expert: “Even contractors for major projects being supervised by the DPWH central offices are not spared. Congressmen and local officials demand that contractors see them first before they do any projects in their territories.”Manolito Madrasto, executive director of the Philippine Constructors Association, the industry grouping of building and infrastructure contractors in the country, and a long-time construction industry veteran, says that as Singson slowly makes some headway in cleaning up the central offices of the DPWH, the problem seems to be shifting to exactions made by local politicians.“There is still some leakage in public works contracts though it has probably gone down from 30 to 40 percent to only five to 15 percent, most of which go to pay off local officials and politicians,” Madrasto says.A PCIJ review of the DPWH databases on bid summaries for civil works contracts as well as awarded contracts found that public tenders supervised by central and regional offices tended to be more competitive than those administered by engineering districts, which interact more with local officials. The average number of bidders for contracts worth P50 million and above bidded out by the central and regional offices was 4.4 per project but fell to only 2.4 for contracts worth less than P50 million, which are handled by engineering districts.Similarly, the “price cut,” or the difference between the authorized budget ceiling, the maximum possible price, and the lowest bid for big projects managed by central and regional offices was 10.9 percent, but was only 4.7 percent for small projects handled by engineering districts.Not likely to endThe vice president of a major Philippine construction company says exactions from politicians is a problem unlikely to go away soon in spite of Singson or the Aquino administration’s efforts to clean up the DPWH and other national government agencies.“It seems to be ingrained in our political system,” says the construction bigwig. “I can’t blame these politicians for making these kinds of demands on private contractors because they are just responding to demands made on them by their political supporters and constituents for various kinds of favors. Go to any politician’s house or office, and you’ll see the long lines of people asking for everything from jobs to money for hospitalization.”The president of a medium-sized construction company says that dealing with politicians’ demands for payoffs is just one of the many challenges facing private contractors on the ground. “In some ways, it’s similar to the problem posed by communist or Muslim rebels asking for revolutionary taxes,” he says. “The appropriate response will depend on the situation but it does not always involve giving them money. Sometimes, CSR (corporate social responsibility)-type of projects like building a school or a livelihood project will do.”Still, in spite of the problems facing public works contractors, Madrasto says that many of the PCA’s big members are keen to participate in infrastructure projects, including those to be carried out under public-private partnerships (PPP), because of the reforms being put in place in DPWH and other infrastructure agencies.No more chop-chop?“We note that he (Singson) is trying to correct the past practice of chopping up a large project into several smaller ones just to accommodate contractors who are not qualified to carry out big projects,” remarks Madrasto. “That’s very encouraging for our members.”The PCA is helping the DPWH curb collusion among contractors and public works officials, he says.“We threw out an entire chapter composed of around 20 members because we suspected they were involved in collusive schemes to fix the results of biddings for public works contracts,” says Madrasto, adding that information on their collusive activities were submitted to DPWH.PCA members are also looking forward to a new mechanism being developed by DPWH for long-term maintenance contracts, lasting five to 10 years, in road and bridge construction, Madrasto says. While holding private contractors to strict performance standards, they will be given a lot of leeway to develop the most cost-effective ways to meet such standards, he says.It remains to be seen if the reforms to curb collusion and corruption will take root and spread across the entire DPWH organization throughout the country as the agency steps up the implementation of infrastructure projects.This year, the department is expected to bid out P170 billion worth of projects compared to P156 billion planned last year. u n q u o t e

ano ang corruption ni PNoy relative to hacienda luisita? it is already going to be distributed to the farmers with finality ng SC.. if a person is an heir to a property, does that qualify you immediately as corrupt? i dont get your logic.

this is an exaggeration by pnoy! corruption is still going on lesser na lang sa pagkagarapal compared to gloria’s time. otherwise wala na dapat mahirap kasi “kung walang kuurap walang mahirap” – ayon kay pnoy din. daming mahirap so mi madaming kuurap pa din ibang style nga lang. but pnoy must be true to his promise and appoint more honest men in govt and dismiss and charge the corrupt among his appointees/those in govt and even among his LP partymates.

Do not take PNoy’s comment literally. Of course corruption won’t be fully eradicated…all countries have some form of corruption and most politicians embellish their accomplishments through public speeches. PNoy acted as a salesman through this speech.

What Pnoy was trying to accomplish here was to bring an awareness to the ASEAN delegates about the NEW Philippines, that the anti-corruption fight is working and that it is now safe to invest in this country known for its culture of corruption for decades. PNoy assured the international Lenders to continue to subsidize public projects to alleviate poverty through low interest loans.

President Pnoy said what he needed to say for one purpose only: to make noise of a NEW Philippines.

We should be supporting him. Pnoy is not perfect. I myself sometimes disagree with some of his decisions, for instance, when he failed to fire one of his cabinet members that was caught purchasing pirated DVDs, or when he did not compromise on the proposed P125 peso across the
board wage increase sought by workers.

Although I see his flaws, I still support him because he is the only President of the Republic of the Philippines that stands his ground in fighting corruption.

manual47

Amen to this too…..

scorpio22

“Although I see his flaws, I still support him because he is the only
President of the Republic of the Philippines that stands his ground in
fighting corruption.”

Except when it comes to his allies, then he turns a blind eye.

rockinLeon

True but there’s hope. That’s why I kept saying to support him in his agenda to lessen corruption. He can’t do this by himself. Let’s report corrupt politicians.

scorpio22

He’s surrounded with corrupt politicians and officials but to date none has been charged. How do you support someone who tolerates his allies and friends?

rockinLeon

True. The corruption is ingrained or embedded in our society that it will take years to finally get it under control. So let’s all work together to fight corruption.

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_RJCBRIF74PNFQRVYN7X65CLKBE I_ReMi

Ang sa akin lang PNoy has a lot to improve on, especially on his work ethic and being influenced by the people around him, he also shows inexperience and incompetence at times..

But I believe he has good intentions and a clean conscience. He is no savior of the Filipinos, but lest we could do is stand up for our leader and do our part.

Years of decay in governance is hard to rectify in a short period of time. Ganun ka-ingraine sa society ang corruption sa bansa. Be supportive but also be vigilant. And mostly be thankful that the previous administration is over..

manual47

Amen……

http://profile.yahoo.com/VNGBNIGT6LMPY7MCUZQCYHLTL4 Ma. Linda

susmaryosep naman kayo, get your head out of the sand and see PeNoy’s world for what it is: a land of hypocrisy populated by the likes of naguiat, who sees nothing wrong in accepting a 2-million peso per night villa and signature bags for his wife; llamas with a cache of high-powered firearms and pirated dvd; alvarez who can make 2,000 conatiners vanish into thin air; puno who can just shrug off the execution of 8 chinese tourists; soliman who can do hocu pocus with a P31B CCT budget; brillantes who can and will do hocus pcos with the 2013 senatorial elections; de los reyes who will make sure that the cojuangcos get the P10B for hacienda luisita; torres who has not accounted for the LTO money; almendras who has delivered in a solver platter the country’s power assets to favored friends of PeNoy; etc. etc. etc.
corruption-free talaga; free ang mga corrupt!

rockinLeon

Pure ignorance of the fact…mostly hearsay is what you are speaking, unverified except for Llamas. Don’t spread rumors. Frustrated PNoy hater.

BUDOYABNOY

Lopez group of companies are interested to buy 50 hydrothermal plants… remember mindanao brownouts, it was a hoax…. KAPAMILYA INCORPORATED…BACK IN CORRUPT-RIDDEN CORY DAYS

Isn’t the two years that we expected him to do something not enough when you’re just asking for one year? We waited but the years passed and the only thing he did good is the “wang-wang”. Because of his ineptness in governance the country is divided. He’s pulling us all down the drain with him. Clueless indeed!

Common_Good143

P-Noy is now in the best position to do what is best for the country. He was just a “collateral” victim of this Hacienda Luisita issue. Perhaps, when P-Noy said “corruption is over” he might be referring to some achieved specifics in his anti-graft and anti-corruption campaign. Suggesting still that his administration will continue and be relentless in going after the grafters and corrupt in government. And so far he has been observed to be sincere in his campaign. In fact, he has “created” an opportunity to quick-thinking lawmakers to formulate a bill and pass it into law that will make it legally automatic to open any dollar account owned by impeachable government officials once these same officials are impeached. Same with officials handling government bidding transactions. Well, getting a panoramic view of developments, economically and politically, P-Noy has truly earned my trust. I believe, he is there to lead and is ready to die for that gift – of leading his countrymen to true greatness.

Pnoy said corruption is over! Who in the world would believe such statement? Even the yellow zombies cannot agree or defend such statement. Pnoy’s remaining credibility just went down the drain. It simply exemplifies the previous and current mental condition of Pnoy which is in constantly hallucinating. I wonder why?

rockinLeon

Relax…PNoy did not really mean it. The speech was a hyperbole–for example: “I tried thousand times.” PNoy was just trying to impress the attendees. That’s all.

BUDOYABNOY

OH THANKS REALLY? DO YOU THINK THESE ATTENDEES AS STONED OR DRUGGED… ADB PEOPLE ARE INTELLIGENT AND HIGHLY CRITICAL MINDED PEOPLE, HE GOT THE WRONG AUDIENCE FOR HIS BALONEY..

rockinLeon

You really are ABNOY…of course the attendees knew about the exaggeration in PNoy’s speech.

What the money lenders want to know from the money borrowers is that the latter is hard working and will be able to return the loan to the former. NOYNOY should explain to the satisfaction of the ADB how he will overcome his NOYNOYING.

The PNoy haters are on the attack. Noynoy is doing a GREAT JOB in moving the Philippines out of the corrupt-centric mindset of the past politicians like ERAP, ARROYO, which the PNoy haters love dearly.

The moment the Executive stops corrupting the congressmen with pork barrel funds, that is the time we can say that corruption is eradicated in this country. Until then, our president is the biggest corrupter in the country. Noynoy is one big hypocrite.

RickyCarandang

BULLSEYE!

rockinLeon

Wrong! PNoy said it in his speech to assure the potential investors and international lenders that a NEW PHILIPPINES is rising on the horizon separating from the line of the past corrupt society.

NoyNoy is the biggest corrupter in the country. And the biggest hypocrite.

rockinLeon

Hypocrite = RickyCarandang…did I answer your question?

Danidanado

Not very nice, Nice Boy! And not true either. I bet you are one of those paid commentators called Fifty Centers who post lies and promote disunity among us. Never before now have we had such an open and honest President.

Big words from a person who comes from a very corrupt race! The thing with philipinos is that “words are cheap”! For phinoys, there is no dignity and no honour in words spoken.

rockinLeon

Have faith no religion…You may think I am fantasizing but I do believe that someday Pinoys will rise up and escape from the middle income trap and be one of the greatest countries in SEA through the effective leadership of PNoy.

That’s why I said what I said to get noreligionfaith on PNoy’s side…This is a public forum. BTW, thanks for your kind words. lol…I’m not stooping down to your level…not gonna call you names…because I am on the good side.

Stupid name, stupid comment. Typical Chinese paid hack called Fifty Centers. Our race is not corrupt. We are no different than a lot of other previously colonized nations of Spanish heritage. Take almost any country in South America and you will find out they are in the same situation as us. The difference is we are making changes and we will persevere until there is no more entitlement to be corrupt. There will be consequences and repercussions for any official, or cop who thinks he/she is above the law.

from NICE_BOY
“The moment the Executive stops corrupting the congressmen with pork barrel funds, that is the time we can say that corruption is eradicated in this country. Until then, our president is the biggest corrupter in the country. Noynoy is one big hypocrite.”

Danidanado

Is there an echo in here? Got nothing to say so simply copy and paste. Are you a cheap trick fifty center in training, or what?

reddfrog

Bagsalita ang bading.

http://twitter.com/Chi_28 Chi Limbo

You have got to be kidding me. The president of the Republic of the Philippines declaring to the Asian Development Bank that CORRUPTION IS OVER!
How erroneous, misinformed, and misleading such a statements is!
Poverty is in a steady rise as well as unemployment, and corruption, OH corruption! The system itself is the very structure and foundation of corruption! Never dare say corruption is over, not until the last seat of corruptible power has fallen.
In addition to that, it’s a funny thing (though it’s not quite so funny, actually) that upon the visit of these foreign delegates, investors, bankers, and/or politicians, the immediate approach of the Philippine government and PNoy’s administration were to conceal the slum areas and cleanse the streets from the homeless poor, as if in attempt to conceal poverty as part of Philippine’s reality.
Perhaps, you think you can hide this blatant truth, but you can never run away from it.
There is no wall or billboard high enough to whitewash all this truth. Not even if you demolish 10,000 homes to replace them with corporate buildings or malls. You may be looking at an economic growth, but this growth only affects those who instilled the economic policies themselves, and those who have invested in them. The upper and higher middle class, maybe.
But never the general population.
If the economy changed anything, it’s made it worse for all of us, and made those on top richer beyond their wildest dreams.

Since almost all of you are bashing and whining about the president’s intellectual capacity, his disability and his mediocre performance to govern the country, why don’t you file your candidacy on the next election or better yet, send an open letter to the president outlining all your “expert” advice on how to run the country like your view on foreign diplomacy, how to handle the economy, how to deal with local enforcement and the rule of law and all other “bright” ideas that you may have.

The problem with us Filipinos is we love to whine all the time about the state of our country but we don’t do our part as citizens of the country. We love going out to the streets to protests but do we have a concrete solution to the problems at hand? We love going to forums and bash our head of state just for the sake of it.

So again, my challenge to all of you, in the next election – run for public office; maybe you are a better leader than the current occupant of malacanang – we’ll see how good you are in governing the country.

The very problem, however, is not simply from the politicians who are merely “keyplayers”, but rather, the system itself (political, economic, social).
People do complain since they do have the right to when in the first place, the government placed itself there to assume power and claim authority over its “territories”.
It has made false promises and have maligned the people of their education and much more. It has instilled an abstract idea, the facades of Philippine democracy, to be the “only” ever-seeming-efficient governing system.
Those in power will not give up war. A bureaucratic and hegemonic principle.

On a lighter note, the Filipino masses cannot be blamed for the greater part of all its woes (most specially, poverty), but I do quite agree that something must be done. If not someone, we, the people, take responsibility for our own lives, sustainability, liberty, and happiness.
But as for the government, all the negative FEEDBACKS, comments, opinions, and “attacks” that they receive from the masses are all quite well-deserved. As I have explained, if they had claim control and sovereignty over our lands and over our means of production, no one is best deserving of our criticism, ridicule, (specially when appraisal just wouldn’t cut it), none other than the government.

rem_rod

Wrong, there are people here that sounds the alarm but have their grievances and recommendations fall on deaf ears. i can assure you that.
what i dont like with the speech is its continue bashing of the previous administration as if this administration doesn’t miss a beat. This has been the trademark of the Aquino administration from the start which i dont like. As rotten as it was, it was still OUR previous administration. We could, at least be civil about it, after all we are talking to foreigners who are not stupid. i have yet to see a government that builds on whatever little improvement the previous administration had made. that is the main reason why we are in the rot.
o by the way, one doesnt have to run for public office to serve the country.

Do not take PNoy’s comment literally. Of course corruption won’t be
fully eradicated…all countries have some form of corruption and most
politicians embellish their accomplishments through public speeches.
PNoy acted as a salesman through this speech.

What Pnoy was trying to accomplish here was to bring an awareness to
the ASEAN delegates about the NEW Philippines, that the anti-corruption
fight is working and that it is now safe to invest in this country known
for its culture of corruption for decades. PNoy assured the
international Lenders to continue to subsidize public projects to
alleviate poverty through low interest loans.

President Pnoy said what he needed to say for one purpose only: to make noise of a NEW Philippines.

We should be supporting him. Pnoy is not perfect. I myself sometimes
disagree with some of his decisions, for instance, when he failed to
fire one of his cabinet members that was caught purchasing pirated DVDs,
or when he did not compromise on the proposed P125 peso across the board wage increase sought by workers.

Although I see his flaws, I still support him because he is the only
President of the Republic of the Philippines that stands his ground in
fighting corruption.

violet55

If he is standing his ground on corruption why doesn’t he fire Naguiat, Torres, Puno, Dinky-doo Soliman, etc?

Is Pnoynoying only running after the so-called corrupt in the previous admin and his people are all sacred cows and can just go scot-free in their corrupt practices?

rockinLeon

So these Naguiat, Torres, Puno, Soliman? What did they do? Were they tried in courts and found guilty? Don’t start a rumor.

violet55

The reason why they’re not charged in court is because your idol Pnoynoying immediately absolved them of any wrongdoing! Now you get why????

Is that a rumor or a fact that you and the yellowtards refuse to see and comprehend?

murtson

that’s rubbish. You have the gall to tell those who are not visiting the countryside. Go to Surigao. Agusan, Davao del Sur and Davao Oriental and you will see how the local officials corrupt the local infrastructure funds and intelligence funds. See how Barangay officials pad payrolls. Look at their books and their history and see how much were unaccounted for. Enjoy listening on how the regional Ombudsmen sit on the local officials graft and corruption cases.

My God, do you think the local governments of Lanao Provinces and Cotabato provinces stopped their corruptions? Ask the COA fist before stating silly claims that you cannot support, Mr. Brownout President.@$$#%!&

reddfrog

“Saying the days of corruption that flourished under Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo were over”

===> He didn’t say anything about “the days of corruption that flourished under the present government” being over.

http://twitter.com/Chi_28 Chi Limbo

Very clever. hahaha!

Korean_woman

you mean the —-corruption that flourishes

murtson

Unless Nhoynhoy banish the taxpayers’ yoke , the stupid, expensive and corruption-friendly CCT and add the funds to countryside development like modernization of agriculture and fishery system, maybe I could believe that he has a sincere goal to help the nation.

But now, all he has are palliatives and cheap politics.

RobertoMagtuytoy

As reported by PDI ; “Saying the days of corruption that flourished under Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo were over, President Aquino on Friday gave his word to international lenders that he would put to good use the money they would lend to the Philippines—and they could check this out later. ”

To all detractors of Pres. NOY, read again the contents of the NEWS ARTICLE. You are the only ones reacting to the headline by PDI. Jumps to conclusion that the President literally declared that the Philippines is now with ZERO Corruption.Actually, corrupt people such as you are now confined in writing against the President because there is no more ground for you to practice your corrupt trade. Capice?

rem_rod

Dont anderstand you, kabayan. OVER means WALA NA. If you have any other definition, then by all means explain. By the way, di ko alam na si NINOY pala president natin…

robrano

Is there a hospital near your place? If yes, go for a mental, psychiatric checkup.

RickyCarandang

If the people commenting here are the microcosm of the Filipinos’ sentiments, then obvious na obvious na hindi naniniwala ang taong bayan kay ABnoy.

So, the Arroyo coruption is over? But when the Aquino corruption will be over with all the turncoat politicians who have been “corrupt” when with GMA but immediately becam “clean and honest” when jumping to Noy’s LP??
Not easy to decide if such statement is just a blunt lie, a senseless joke or a sign of stupidity. At least, it has nothing to do with reality. Only people with yellow blood will believe such brainless propaganda blabla.

bahaykubo1015

50 likes

robrano

Thanks.

RobertoMagtuytoy

The idea here in this forum [FOR the paid assassins] is to corner legitimate public opinion from the readers whose opinion is against from what they are paid for. They will use all possible techniques like bullying, belittling, insults and even swearing just to discourage you from posting your own opinion, till other new readers found the conquered first to five comments with their own agenda.

Oo nga naman, mindless readers will eventually become brainwashed.

Don’t let these Professional Character-Assassin-Writer post their product ahead.

We are the VOICE of the PEOPLE and we SUPPORT the PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES.

The idea here in this forum [FOR the paid assassins] is to corner legitimate public opinion from the readers whose opinion is against from what they are paid for. They will use all possible techniques like bullying, belittling, insults and even swearing just to discourage you from posting your own opinion, till other new readers found the conquered first to five comments with their own agenda.
Oo nga naman, mindless readers will eventually become brainwashed.
Don’t let these Professional Character-Assassin-Writer post their product ahead.
We are the VOICE of the PEOPLE and we SUPPORT the PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES.

Mister_Expose

Like what the other people commented and i do agree. This is the voice of Hacienda Luisita.

rockinLeon

The headline is misleading. PNoy was actually referring about the “flourishing” or “growing” corruption during the Arroyo’s administration had been ended when he took over the presidency.

robrano

Of course the “Arroyo corruption” ended when Arroyo was out, but with 80% of the “corrupt” Arroyo politicians jumping to Noy, it just changed to the “Aquino corruption”. Or does anyone think changing the party is changing the character and manners?

rockinLeon

Not really sure when it ended but I have a feeling that it did when Arroyo was put to jail.

Good question. That will be a Mt. Everest for Pnoy to overcome; the quid pro quo of politics. He must be vigilant from now on.

abolish pork barrel and channel that to long term infra projects and to pay debts…
that way you eliminate big time corruption in congress and senate…which will translate to billions of pesos on savings to pay for much needed infra projects and govt debt…

robrano

Yes, and esp. the more than one billion pork of Noy, the biggest in history.

robrano

So, the Arroyo corruption is over? But when the Aquino corruption will
be over with all the turncoat politicians who have been “corrupt” when
with GMA but immediately becam “clean and honest” when jumping to Noy’s
LP??
Not easy to decide if such statement is just a blunt lie, a
senseless joke or a sign of stupidity. At least, it has nothing to do
with reality. Only people with yellow blood will believe such brainless
propaganda blabla.

rockinLeon

At least read the first sentence…The headline is MISLEADING!

Roman Kamlon

Ang sinungaling ay kapatid ng magnanakaw – Susan Roces (2007)

RobertoMagtuytoy

The idea here in this forum [FOR the paid assassins] is to corner legitimate public opinion from the readers whose opinion is against from what they are paid for. They will use all possible techniques like bullying, belittling, insults and even swearing just to discourage you from posting your own opinion, till other new readers found the conquered first to five comments with their own agenda.
Oo nga naman, mindless readers will eventually become brainwashed.
Don’t let these Professional Character-Assassin-Writer post their product ahead.
We are the VOICE of the PEOPLE and we SUPPORT the PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES.Nagbabago-bago po sila ng Handle or nicknames.

http://twitter.com/Chi_28 Chi Limbo

That’s cute. I don’t remember being paid to have the liberty to dislike the government or show any opposition to it.

robrano

And ONLY you who support Noy (paid?) are the voice of the people and allowed to post your yellow comments? If there are more critical, more commnts than yours, maybe there are MORE intelligent VOICES coming from this side.

yellow_zombies

Who cares. We don’t support that inutile and worthless president.

Mister_Expose

Magtuytoy or magnoynoy is a yellow dog/zombie who really the one being funded by the administration. Your lies and multiple posting won’t work. The same with your noynoying boss,all lies and no results.

sopingac

There are posters whose opinion are for honest reasons and there are those who are paid to defend or attack.

Now if you believe that paid bloggers are only anti-Pnoys then you are terribly mistaken. In fact even posts that are perceived as anti_pinoy are deleted not only in this forum but also in others that are seen to be pro-Pnoy.

The freedom of expression is silently being suppressed in this country and worst of all, the media has become a willing tool.

rockinLeon

The headline is misleading.

“Saying the days of corruption that flourished under Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo were over.”

Where are our taxes go? We are paying income tax, realty tax, 12% eVAT, etc. But we are paying the high costs of education, hospitalization, transport, electricity, water and other basic services. We have bad roads, bridges, ports and airports. If this current administration is corruption free, where are the results? Mindanao is suffering 4-8 hours daily brownouts. The opportunity costs of these brownouts are tremendous. Lives are more difficult. Show us the results.

rockinLeon

Bingo! I am tired of corruption. I feel like the property tax that I paid went to the pockets of these corrupt politicians. That’s why there’s a need for us, the taxpayers to support the agenda of PNoy against corruption. This is it! We have a president that is serious in eradicating corruption once and for all. So please support him. Let’s report corrupt politicians.

Emmie_Lopez

what about his cronies getting government contracts. all you have to do is open your eyes and read the newspapers !

rockinLeon

I know. Decades of corruption cannot be controlled in just two years. Give Pnoy some time. He’s working hard to accomplish his goal.

yellow_zombies

But… the surveys… LOL

robrano

At least you know, more than a billion (1000 millions) go to Noy’s pork barrel. Marcos could not even dream of such amount with just a few billions as national budget.

And ONLY you who support Noy (paid?) are the voice of the people and
allowed to post your yellow comments? If there are more critical, more
commnts than yours, maybe there are MORE intelligent VOICES coming from
this side.

RobertoMagtuytoy

They are the silent Majority robrano.

robrano

Silent? Who is shouting “people power”, who is threatening to “violently take over SC and judiciary? The silent majority or the paid yellow mob?

RobertoMagtuytoy

Yeah, that is the Silent Majority, always ready to act when injustice is felt.

The Philippines has been synonymous with corruption. Sorry Mr. President Noynoying, your stupid pronouncements are fooling nobody except your most ardent supporters.

rockinLeon

True, we support NOYNOY because he’s the real deal as compared to ERAP and ARROYO, which I assume you dearly admire.

yellow_zombies

I don’t admire any politician. Don’t be stupid.

rockinLeon

You may admire Pnoy in due time…

yellow_zombies

Well, if he orders the distribution of Hacienda Luisita, kicks out his crooked friends within the Cabinet, leaves his political party to start a new one which has no recycled trapos, and guides the country to newly industrialized status, then MAYBE, just MAYBE, I will admire him.

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_E3CE56OQVPC4RPYD2NR4VD3SUE Bert

Same here. If Pnoy shows sincerity, stop being selective in his “supposed” anti-corruption campaign and he refrains shielding his kkk’s, maybe i will be one of his converts…..meantime, he should stop making us believe that corruption in this country is over…..

Karabukov

Bert, he never said it. The headline writer is wrong.

yellow_zombies

I only admire people who get rich through hard work and street smarts such as my idol Bill Gates. Politicians get rich not through hard work but by lying and making false promises.

rockinLeon

Bro or brodette, Give PNoy a chance naman. I voted for Gibo but I support PNoy now.

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_E3CE56OQVPC4RPYD2NR4VD3SUE Bert

CORRUPTION OVER? Eh, bakit ang ‘Pnas nasa LIST OF MOST CORRUPT COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD pa rin, as of the latest listing?

Was Pnoy saying this while HIGH on medication? I’m sure when Pnoy made the “proud declaration”, the ADB people were POKER FACED……REALLY???!!!

http://profiles.yahoo.com/u/J4X5RZIRHCGVSXJWSH7DEFN6WI rodger66

Bert,
mamaya papasok ang SWS, zero corruption na !!!

robrano

to Sarong9146

Just w3ait when the admin will start campaigning. Then you will see where your taxes go. Campaign funds and starting (but not finishing) projects to get pogi points, vote buying etc. etc. And cash gifts to the gov. employees who have to maintain the automated cheating machines.

I will only believe that corruption in this country has been AT LEAST MINIMIZED, only if the PORK BARREL of our tongressmen and senatongs are TOTALLY SCRAPPED. These are sources of corruption in govt……But I don’t think Pnoy or his political allies will ever push for its elimination, proof that corruption is here to stay for a long time….

Pinas corruption is over? In your dream!

thadeothadeo

Pork barrel is the living proof of corruption. And BS Aquino’s flagrant practice of this is ostentation that he has become a trapo. Another crooked politician who espouse patronage politics and clientelism – the mark of corruption. Corruption over? Just getting stronger.

RobertoMagtuytoy

The idea here in this forum [FOR the paid assassins] is to corner legitimate public opinion from the readers whose opinion is against from what they are paid for. They will use all possible techniques like bullying, belittling, insults and even swearing just to discourage you from posting your own opinion, till other new readers found the conquered first to five comments with their own agenda.
Oo nga naman, mindless readers will eventually become brainwashed.
Don’t let these Professional Character-Assassin-Writer post their product ahead.
We are the VOICE of the PEOPLE and we SUPPORT the PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES.Nagbabago-bago po sila ng Handle or nicknames.

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_E3CE56OQVPC4RPYD2NR4VD3SUE Bert

You can support Pnoy all you want (I myself would want him to honestly stop corruption in his govt). But he should stop fooling us that CORRUPTION in this country is OVER. We were not born yesterday.

Yes erick, that’s what I do sometimes when I’m in no mood to comment. I just read all the comments pros and cons and I am having fun. Okay have a good rest and Godspeed!

TGM_ERICK

Thanks. :-)))))

KapitanBagwis

You are welcome ;o)

tabitabi

Joke of all time.

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_OHOD5EA75DBBUH53UKLRXRK764 Mang Teban

Why does a Philippine president have to prepare a speech that tended to put blame on others and about the past (corruption) and not about what concrete plans does his current administration have to justify ADB’s support for more loans?

How pathetic it is to beg and beg loudly at the cost of admitting that previous money lent before by ADB was lost to corruption?

The bigger question that stuck into the minds of ADB governors is why is this present president so sure of himself that corruption has totally vanished.

I believe that corruption is hard to lick as long as the system of running the government remains the same. Sure, you can prosecute all the corrupt people and show a high increase of tax collections.

BUT, when money comes in from foreign sources such as the ADB loans, the entire landscape for those in government is filled with euphoria. This euphoria comes in two different degrees – one, the joy of beneficiaries to see their dreams come true and two, the glee of corrupt officials who will dip their hands into the jar of honey.

It would have been BETTER if President Noynoy Aquino presented a BLUEPRINT of dynamic progress concerning the future in our country. Let the ADB governors get INTERESTED with it and inquire HOW ADB CAN HELP.

By declaring that CORRUPTION IS GONE, P-Noy has only made the ADB governors NERVOUS and I can say that his audience would have gasped and said in silence “Deja vu”. We have seen this before and heard it before. Nothing about the future plans, again? Cash doleouts and new procedures in the DPWH? Is this all we have?

What about the other aspects of Philippine society? Peace and order, education, livelihood, employment, social justice, food production management, etc.?

linsanity17

clearly said…bottom line is, this president is in a mind state only him can comprehend…in medical term it is called autism

Karabukov

You say, “The bigger question that stuck into the minds of ADB governors is why is this present president so sure of himself that corruption has totally vanished.” P-Noy never said that. Nor did he proclaim that “CORRUPTION IS GONE.” If you read the president’s speech, you will see that he never made such a claim. The headline writer just wanted to attract the likes of us. It’s a cheap trick that succeeded. Anti-PNoy and pro-PNoy readers (and non-readers) are here in droves.

yes. if you believe that corruption is sooo gone now that gma is no longer president.

KapitanBagwis

Did the president really said that corruption is over? I didn’t see it in this article. Maybe I need reading glasses.

Roman Kamlon

i was in the hall and you were not. unless you are presidential speechwriter conrado de quiroz you would not have a copy of the original speech. if you are, please check actual delivery.

KapitanBagwis

You are right, I was not. I hope the paper will publish the full context of the president’s speech. Or at least the news article should have written the line that the president said “corruption is over” since that is the heading of the news.

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_WYX4ZTAV4BUGW2RIMT45CPYBGA Pio Gante

that’s the impression that he’s sending to his audience, the reality can be seen all over the country, it’s up to us if we will believe or not what he’s saying….talagang napakasarap mangarap

KapitanBagwis

Oh I see, in other words, it is your own impression or interpretation or opinion or conjecture. At least the president is dreaming of a good and corrupt free government which it might even come true. Don’t you like a corrupt free government?

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_WYX4ZTAV4BUGW2RIMT45CPYBGA Pio Gante

oh yes i see it and would love to have it too, but sadly…..it won’t happen on his term…meanwhile tell him yourself to keep on dreaming

KapitanBagwis

Sorry I can’t tell him,I live in far away place. He can start arresting corruption during his remaining term and hopefully the next administration will follow suit. I do not believe that corruption will be totally eradicated, as the Filipino saying “kahit saang gubat mayroong ahas” but it can be drastically minimize. Don’t lose hope. Unless you really want the president to fail. But you will be together in his failure.

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_WYX4ZTAV4BUGW2RIMT45CPYBGA Pio Gante

alas, you said it yourself, ‘that you don’t believe that corruption will be totally eradicated’. the failure thing you said isn’t going to happen because only those who have faith in him will go down with him and that includes you

KapitanBagwis

I didn’t know you have a crystal ball like Madame Auring.

Only morons would think corruption will be completely defeated. Even in the 1st world countries there are corruptions. That is plain commonsense.

That includes me? How can that be when I do not even live in the Philippines. If the Filipinos themselves doesn’t care, why would I. You are pathetic.

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_WYX4ZTAV4BUGW2RIMT45CPYBGA Pio Gante

my utmost apologies for the late reply but i think that you’re more pathetic and moronic than i am

why don’t you just relax in wherever place that you are right now instead of being a wiseguy but be careful, because reality is stressful specially to those in grasp of it.

well anyway, nice trading useless insults with you

KapitanBagwis

Useless to dignify your nonsense. Waste of time.

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_WYX4ZTAV4BUGW2RIMT45CPYBGA Pio Gante

nasapul
ka
kasi

hahaha

KapitanBagwis

I have read and re-read the article many times over looking in the speech of the president that says corruption is over but I didn’t see it. Like many heading of PDI news article, this one is misleading. It was PDI who said corruption is over, their own interpretation of the president’s speech. Maybe I need reading glasses?

I tried but the page that appeared is the Gazette something, Office of the President. The speech is not there.

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_AFDQQH2M3OD6ZGBJNJ34UZHIV4 Enrico

Tama yan. Dapat lalabas yan sa link na yan. Eto ang sinabi nya na maaring pinanggalingan ng ‘corruption over’ “Gone are the days when the funds you funnel to our country will end up like water leaking through a broken pail”.

KapitanBagwis

That sentence is in the news article and you interpreted it to mean “corruption is over”.

That sounds more like a promised to the lenders that the money they will lend will not go to waste in his administration. Of course that remains to be seen. But he didn’t say verbatim “corruption is over”

Like I said it was the reader’s interpretation and PDI news writers love sensationalizing issues.

Example was the heading “Chinese Warned” but after reading the whole article it doesn’t say who warned the Chinese. So it is the same thing here. And a lot of people particularly those who hate the president bit the headline hook line and sinker.

May pagbabago Pete. Corruption is over for GMA but has started again with the KKKs.

opinyonlangpo

Unfortunately I did not read the speech. But my stand in the issue remains, corruption still exists.

KapitanBagwis

Oh of course even after the term of the president corruption will be there. No one can completely defeat corruption. Only morons will think corruption in the world will vanish magically. Even the 1st world countries have corruption.

So to interpret the president’s speech that corruption is over is exaggerating. I can not find that the president quoted verbatim that corruption is over.
The heading of the news is sensationalizing and misleading.

Heto naman yung another story: Saying corruption could not be stamped out overnight, an aide to President Benigno Aquino III acknowledged Saturday that corruption may still be taking place in the bureaucracy.

Asked if corruption was truly “over” as President Aquino told delegates to the Asian Development Bank’s annual meeting, spokeswoman Abigal Valte replied, “Well, at least for the transactions in the national government.”

“While we understand that it has not completely gone down to every small agency… we know that this is not something that will be solved overnight,” Valte added in a radio interview.

Valte said the Aquino administration would welcome any information on alleged graft taking place in the government. “We do welcome complaints, pieces of information, for
practices that are not in line with the President’s reform agenda,” Valte said.

She said the Aquino administration was looking to institute changes “in such a way that the reforms become systemic and not just because it is President Aquino who’s in place.”

“The things we are doing now are not just a matter of policy. We want to make it part of the system also for the guidance of future administrations as well,” Valte said.

“The things we are doing now are not just a matter of policy. We want to make it part of the system also for the guidance of future administrations as well,” Valte said.

What Pnoy meant is corruption is over kay sa kay Gloria. Over-corruption is the real score. He corrupted the 188 impeach congressmen with pork barrel. Pnoy corruption is over talaga…..over the bakod.

thadeothadeo

Corruption is over? Over and above existing records.

jurbinsky77

For thadeo2,
:Long Live Corruption!

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_AFDQQH2M3OD6ZGBJNJ34UZHIV4 Enrico

Pnoy :”For this, you have the gratitude of our people, and a commitment from my administration. Gone are the days when the funds you funnel to our country will end up like water leaking through a broken pail. You will continue to see results; you will continue to see a Philippines that is finally living up to its potential. We are prepared to follow through on our commitments, and you are by all means welcome to see if we’re living up to our word”.

Writer: “Saying the days of corruption that flourished under Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo were over, President Aquino on Friday gave his word to international lenders that he would put to good use the money they would lend to the Philippines—and they could check this out later”.

Anyway, I commend him for his gov’t program for the poor.
Like Income supplement of P1000 to poor families and Educational loan to poor students.
And upgrading gov’t facilities.
That is really something the past administration has neglected.

I think if the gov’t spends properly and wisely, no need of economic growth which is only number statistics.
No need to compete with other nations. Self sufficiency can be achieved thru self reliance.

P.S.
The BOC needs to upgrade its facilities. It needs modernization, computerization.
Warehouses should be renovated to prevent spoiling of confiscated goods that worth billions.
Don’t concentrate much on smuggling, if the BOC is in order, paper works will be in order.

sacrebleau

No other president has made this much effort in fighting corruption – that in itself is already commendable but wait: All economic indicators are pointing north as a result of continuing efforts in gov’t to fix non-conformity issues, to make the gov’t more transparent and accountable.

Yes there is still a lot of poverty and possibly even more hunger, but let us not expect miracles. What is important to note is that we are on the right track, two years of sustained effort are bearing fruits.

sopingac

He’s fighting corruption on paper.

It’s all media hype and public relation jobs.

Nothing much have changed. Angara will be replaced by an Angara. Villanueva is using TESDA resources for self promotion just like his predecessor. The Abads, Gonzalezes, Tanadas, and the likes were all Gloria allies in the past and jumped ship when twas not politically convenient anymore. Even the President was a former Gloria ally and merely portayed himself as anti-GMA simply because it was the fad.

Oligarchy in this country has never been weakened and in fact is gaining more strenght.

sacrebleau

The Philippine Stock Exchange is breaching new record highs. The figures don’t lie. This could only be brought about by business confidence and a level playing field.

Usouso82,
welcome news for the nation if we will fight corruption to its roots. however, please note that this prevalent in a 3rd world country like ours and it needs a deep understanding of the truth. likewise, we should not depend too much from the president bec it starts with ourselves. it is a journey in our lives. what is bad is that Pnoy is berating someone bec of his stand on corruption and that will not do good for the country, bec of politics of division which is nor promoting a healthy business environment for investors. he must understand that the nation needs foreign investors to create jobs for the poor today.

msmakabayan

No corruption? Wasn’t the issue the other day about Meat Smuggling perpetrated by Pnoy’s KKK? What about ex-cons and fugitives being absolved out of the blues?

sopingac

The headline says a lot who are at the frontline of Pnoys PR jobs.

opinyonlangpo

That is some good news. Maybe its true in big and known projects. Sadly to say there is still smalltime corruption in the ranks of the police. Those so called checkpoints along McArthur highway will find a way to get some dough from motorists whether real violations or not( not wearing shoes while driving), to avoid delays and waste of time and money it is better to go along with these corrupt checkpoints. Another is the charge for a copy of police blotter for my lost papers , I need it to get replacements – again with my two eyes I seen it pocketed. When I ask for receipt – they said no receipt. Just think how much the government is losing on these corrupt officers. Fight for corruption must go on to all sectors of the government.

maximus_meridius

Abnoy! You don’t need to “broadcast” to the ADB board of governors that “corruption is over” here in the Philippines. They are not dumb and stupid like you and that they know what the real “score” is regarding our country’s economic and political status. They also know that you “stupidly” ordered your MMDA troll to cover up with barriers and walls metro manila’s squatter and poor areas just to make a “false” impression that they don’t exist. These ADB officials are just being polite to us as host country. They were also just being polite in praising one of your stupid programs such as the “conditional cash transfer”. And lastly, they also know that you are “mentally” corrupt! So stop making those robot speeches and monologues cause nobody believes you anyway!

violet55

Pnoynoying’s Potemkin style of covering the squatter colony in Airport Road is useless to these delegates. These delegates may not have seen the squatters but when you pass that river I wonder if these delegates will not cover their noses of the stench from that river even if their car is airconditioned!!

It’s like the stench of Pnoynoying who’s covering up his ineptness having no achievement in more than 2 years and being clueless in governance by always lambasting GMA making her as his scapegoat!

As noted by many of the commenters here, the news headline is indeed wrong and misleading. Nothing in P-Noy’s speech ever said that corruption is over, or even that it no longer exists in a really meaningful way, except as a start and as a continuing promise of commitment to keep working against it. He is reiterating his intention to keep his anti corruption program on track with the objective of maximizing the economic effects of ADB’s monetary assistance to the country. Gan’un lang.

Korek ka diyan kapitan. Pero di na rin natin maaalis iyan. Kung baga sa geometry, kung gumagawa tayo ng proof eh, it’s given. It’s part of the premise, bago tayo makarating sa conclusion. Meaning no matter what the president does, he cannot please everybody. He just has to factor all the possible oppositions, mga kontra and all the bumps and obstacles, para makarating sa paroroonan. That’s why he needs all the help he can get, because there will always be others who will push in the other direction. We must support the president in every way we can!

KapitanBagwis

I agree with you 101 percent

violet55

Kapitan I’ll tell you no ADB President will ever say anything bad about any President of the Philippines. That is tact and diplomacy which unfortunately Pnoynoying wasn’t taught well. I know because I worked in ADB for 10 years that even my passport then was a diplomatic passport.

If ever there is any Filipino who’s pulling the Philippines down, its no other than Pnoynoying himself. Why will he say that the previous admin is corrupt, etc in front of all those delegates? All negative. And expect these delegates to lend us? They must be very nervous by now. In the first place, even during my time we know and we discover that there’s corruption going on in almost all of the member countries’ developing countries because we have an audit of all loans granted to countries and I don’t think any of the delegates will believe that there’s no corruption here now because that’s what he’s trying to impart.

I cannot blame why Kuroda’s expression is like that while listening to Pnoynoying’s speech.

KapitanBagwis

I didn’t read the full context of the president’s speech but only the news article. I read it many times over and I didn’t see the phrase “corruption is over” quoted by the president verbatim.
However if you feel that way, that is your right and I respect that.

violet55

You’re still awake? Well glad to have good exchanges with you. :)

KapitanBagwis

Yes its only 10:18 PM in my place. hehehe But what more can I say? Everybody knows that corruption can not magically disappear completely. Like you said when you audit other third world countries you found them wanting. So I am just hoping that for the sake of the country and the Filipino people that the culture of corruption will drastically be minimized. Specially now that the country is in dire need of money for the AFP to acquire a credible defense posture. I am only concerned for the safety of all Filipinos, my relatives included.

violet55

Oh, its still early!

I hate corruption. It’s evil!! I know how these work because I’m in the real estate business. That’s why when I read this I get sooo p!$$€d off. I think eliminating it is just a dream. An elusive dream!!
Goodnight Kapitan!

KapitanBagwis

Good night Violet. Right now I am watching NCIS on USAhd and my laptop in front of me hehehe…good life.

violet55

hahahaha!!

KapitanBagwis

I forgot to tell you, read the article Culpable Violation of the Charter, if you haven’t yet. Possibly another corruption by the people who will get affected. Possibly lobbying and influencing the Supreme Court justices. Night!

KapitanBagwis

I forgot to tell you, read the article Culpable Violation of the Charter, if you haven’t yet. Possibly another corruption by the people who will get affected. Possibly lobbying and influencing the Supreme Court justices. Night!

madz, namecalling and gutter language will not bring PNoy down. It makes him stronger because this confirms his critics are immature and bankrupt in idea, only good at name calling. mag research ka sa mga projects ni PNoy, too many to mention in this forum. budget is scrutinized by congressmen and SENATORS before approval. Never done during arroyo. Name names kung sino ang nangungurakot sa malacanang.

thadeothadeo

The budget is a law, and only Congress can pass laws. Your ignorance is appalling. Where is your research coming from? The office of Carandang?

thadeothadeo

Two years of Noynoying and a measly .02 improvement in perception of corruption index from the latter part of GMA term when corruption accusation against her was at the worst.

to all of us netizens: “ang sinungaling ay kapatid ng magnanakaw”-susan roces. if pnoy does not know or does not recognize that he is already lying would your still call him a liar? its ok for us to be lied to but having been victims of kleptocracy many times over, never again should we allow thieves to rule us. Meanwhile, tell us lies pnoy, captivate us with your dreams, beguile us with your aspirations, even your delusions and illusions. BUT, never steal from us. its ok, i think, to lie but never steal.

thadeothadeo

Corruption over? The Philippines ranking in the corruption perception index (CPI) is 129th or 2.6 out of 10, still among the highest in the world.

thadeothadeo

Corruption over? Maybe walled over, just like the walling of the slums area in Airport Road to obstruct the sight of ADB governors coming from the airport.

thadeothadeo

Corruption Over? Good speech, wrong audience. He cannot deliver the same speech to the Filipinos for fear he might be deluged with rotten tomatoes.

laguar

Here’s how Pnoy got rid of corruption. First, he picks on what he considers a symbol of corruption which is GMA. Then he puts her in jail and voila! no more corruption. And we are a democracy where anyone is free to delude himself.

http://profile.yahoo.com/CNPEE65MGY3EGHL3PNR42DDTJE Aureo

Wala na corruption………….pero kurakot lalong lumala

thadeothadeo

Corruption is Over? Reminiscent of Hitler’s propaganda minister Goebbels. Blame the critics and political enemies, glorify himself or Hitler.

Certainly not. But it has significantly been reduced. We in the People’s Action Against Corruption (PAAC) in Davao City wish P-Noy could take a closer look at the Bureau of Customs. His handpicked man in the bureau, Ruffy Biazon, is slowly being assimilated up by entrenched smuggling syndicates in connivance with corrupt bureau officials of course. We hear that they’ve the backing of a high Malacanang official close to P-Noy. Whether P-noy is aware of this or not is anyone’s guess.

RobertoMagtuytoy

its no use talking in PDI, why don’t you gather evidence and file charges to OMBUDSMAN. We all have the right to sue corrupt officlals.

Gloriaption is a sad chapter in Philippine Governance where graft and corruption was practiced from Barangay Tanod up to the President’s level. Murders and massacres was also permitted at the time of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo if threat to her power is imminent. ….Wackopedia Britanica

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_AFDQQH2M3OD6ZGBJNJ34UZHIV4 Enrico

“Murders and massacres was also permitted at the time of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo if threat to her power is imminent”. Ano na nman ito, panibago na namang kasinungalingan.

RobertoMagtuytoy

HUY, di ako nag sabi nyan..yung Wackopedia Britanica…blaha ka!

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_AFDQQH2M3OD6ZGBJNJ34UZHIV4 Enrico

Di bale wala namang katotohanan yan.

RobertoMagtuytoy

ang alin?

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_AFDQQH2M3OD6ZGBJNJ34UZHIV4 Enrico

“Murders and massacres was also permitted at the time of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo if threat to her power is imminent”. Yan

Corruption is over for Gloria but the KKKs have taken over with more ferocity

Francis81

Sa Final Fantasy wehd1nga.

juanmagbago

You must be hallucinating Mr. Noynoy! And dont make us laugh…corruption in this country is rampant contrary to your statement. Are’nt you corrupting the Houses of Congress and Senate? and other political institutions in your effort to achieve selfish ends? You’re a spoiled brat you know that…you never felt how it was to be poor and how to strive to be able to eat 3X a day. You must be an Aquino, in fact the son of Ninoy and you were catapulted in that position because of them. People have been deceived to believe that you are like your parents but you are not like them…you do not even inherit the intellect and the heart of a true leader like your father. Ang iyong Daang Matuwid in fact ay Daang Baluktot!!! Magtrabaho ka at magiging totoo ka!! Maraming mahirap at walang trabahong mga pilipino ngayon at mas dumami pa!! anak ng putik!!! tama na ang dakdak mo, magtrabaho ka!!!

juanmagbago

WA! Its lurking under your stupid nose! Under your monumental stupid decisions!! You are a paranoid spoiled brat…u dont feel the pains of the poor and worst you dont care for them…you are the exact opposite of your father…you’re actions are nothing but to achieve selfish ends!!! you dont seem to project hope for the filipino people…now you’re saying corruption is over?! Wa!! gumising kang g_g_ ka!!! go down the stairs and see govt people feasting on the slightest chance to profit from govt projects, supplies, contracts, etc…anak ng putik!!!

Karabukov

Of the commenters here it’s clear that at most, less than half have even heard or read Pnoy’s speech, not even the PDI headline writer who got it wrong. We like to hear the sound of our voices.